Triple
T10698283
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zimbabwean general election, 2008 |
E252201
|
entity |
| Predicate | presidentialFirstRoundThirdPlace |
P35718
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Simba Makoni |
E257676
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Simba Makoni | Statement: [Zimbabwean general election, 2008, presidentialFirstRoundThirdPlace, Simba Makoni]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simba Makoni Context triple: [Zimbabwean general election, 2008, presidentialFirstRoundThirdPlace, Simba Makoni]
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A.
Simba Makoni
chosen
Simba Makoni is a Zimbabwean politician and economist, known for serving as finance minister and later running as an independent candidate in the 2008 presidential election.
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B.
Cecil Nyoni
Cecil Nyoni is a Zimbabwean-born professional footballer who has played as a midfielder for various lower-league clubs in England.
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C.
Gibson Sibanda
Gibson Sibanda was a prominent Zimbabwean trade unionist and politician who co-founded and helped lead the opposition Movement for Democratic Change against Robert Mugabe’s rule.
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D.
Zola Mafu
Zola Mafu is a South African woman best known as one of the wives of the late Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu.
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E.
Sandile Zungu
Sandile Zungu is a South African businessman and sports executive best known for owning and leading the Premier Soccer League club AmaZulu FC.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: presidentialFirstRoundThirdPlace Context triple: [Zimbabwean general election, 2008, presidentialFirstRoundThirdPlace, Simba Makoni]
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A.
popularVotesReceivedByThirdPlace
Indicates the number of popular votes obtained by the candidate or option that finished in third place in an election or contest.
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B.
thirdPlaceRunningMate
Indicates that one entity is the running mate of the candidate who finished in third place in an election or race.
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C.
thirdPlaceCandidate
chosen
Indicates that the subject is the candidate who finished in third place in a competition, ranking, or election.
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D.
electoralVotesThird
Indicates the number of electoral votes received by the third-place candidate or party in an election.
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E.
thirdPlaceCandidateAlliance
Indicates an alliance or cooperative relationship formed by the candidate who finished in third place, typically with another candidate or group.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69d6aa5cbabc8190973e683950d89faf |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6fd8a03848190bf68dd470bee103a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69dbb703b1ec8190b11fbb381c929a90 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d6dd8cc0788190b4c02a772e4b58b3 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:12 p.m.