Triple
T10652391
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Transkei |
E251004
|
entity |
| Predicate | capital |
P234
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Umtata |
E394941
|
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: Umtata | Statement: [Transkei, capital, Umtata]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Umtata Context triple: [Transkei, capital, Umtata]
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A.
Umtata
chosen
Umtata is the former name of Mthatha, a town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape that serves as a regional economic and administrative center.
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B.
Matamela
Matamela is the first given name of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, reflecting his full birth name Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa.
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C.
Nomvula
"Nomvula" is a popular album and title track by South African Afro-fusion band Freshlyground that helped bring them widespread recognition.
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D.
Tlokwa
Tlokwa is a Sotho–Tswana-speaking ethnic group in Southern Africa, historically organized into chiefdoms and known for its distinct cultural and linguistic identity within the broader Sotho–Tswana peoples.
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E.
Ngqumbazi
Ngqumbazi was a Zulu royal woman best known as the mother of King Cetshwayo kaMpande of the Zulu Kingdom.
- 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_69d6aa5a4c4881908f39be6efe5981e5 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6dff78ec88190a4d1863fe87245f6 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 11:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d98857ec248190bb655d36981a000a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:06 p.m.