Triple
T9226912
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bechuanaland Protectorate |
E221706
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerCapital |
P3417
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mafeking |
E450652
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Mafeking | Statement: [Bechuanaland Protectorate, formerCapital, Mafeking]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mafeking Context triple: [Bechuanaland Protectorate, formerCapital, Mafeking]
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A.
Mafeking
chosen
Mafeking is a town in South Africa historically renowned as the site of the famous Siege of Mafeking during the Second Boer War.
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B.
Graaff-Reinet
Graaff-Reinet is a historic town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a center of early Afrikaner history.
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C.
Rorke's Drift mission station
Rorke's Drift mission station was a small British frontier outpost and Christian mission in Natal, South Africa, that became famous as the site of a dramatic defensive battle during the Anglo-Zulu War.
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D.
Fort de Kock
Fort de Kock is a former Dutch colonial garrison town in West Sumatra, Indonesia, now known as Bukittinggi, noted for its historical hilltop fort and role in Minangkabau history.
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E.
Colesberg
Colesberg is a small historic town in South Africa’s Northern Cape, known as a key stopover on the N1 highway and a gateway to the semi-arid Karoo region.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69ca83ec8db08190a9110df8232885d2 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ccda9ecef48190b8aa0e316d07cec7 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:43 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0779de5a88190b6a9266c976e05b1 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:28 p.m.