Triple

T12865756
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sol Plaatje University E307714 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Sol Plaatje
Sol Plaatje was a South African intellectual, writer, journalist, and founding member of the African National Congress known for his advocacy for Black South Africans’ rights in the early 20th century.
E1006978 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Sol Plaatje | Statement: [Sol Plaatje University, namedAfter, Sol Plaatje]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sol Plaatje
Context triple: [Sol Plaatje University, namedAfter, Sol Plaatje]
  • A. Bheka Jordaan
    Bheka Jordaan is a person featured on the South African investigative television program Carte Blanche, likely as the subject of a notable report or story.
  • B. Zakes Mokae
    Zakes Mokae was a South African-born actor renowned for his powerful stage and film performances, particularly in works confronting apartheid and racial injustice.
  • C. Piet Uys
    Piet Uys was a 19th-century Voortrekker leader from the Cape Colony who played a prominent role in the Great Trek in South African history.
  • D. Moses Kotane
    Moses Kotane was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader, long-time secretary-general of the South African Communist Party, and senior African National Congress figure.
  • E. Cecil Skotnes
    Cecil Skotnes was a prominent South African artist known for his innovative woodcut prints and contributions to modern African art.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Sol Plaatje
Triple: [Sol Plaatje University, namedAfter, Sol Plaatje]
Generated description
Sol Plaatje was a South African intellectual, writer, journalist, and founding member of the African National Congress known for his advocacy for Black South Africans’ rights in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sol Plaatje
Target entity description: Sol Plaatje was a South African intellectual, writer, journalist, and founding member of the African National Congress known for his advocacy for Black South Africans’ rights in the early 20th century.
  • A. Bheka Jordaan
    Bheka Jordaan is a person featured on the South African investigative television program Carte Blanche, likely as the subject of a notable report or story.
  • B. Zakes Mokae
    Zakes Mokae was a South African-born actor renowned for his powerful stage and film performances, particularly in works confronting apartheid and racial injustice.
  • C. Piet Uys
    Piet Uys was a 19th-century Voortrekker leader from the Cape Colony who played a prominent role in the Great Trek in South African history.
  • D. Moses Kotane
    Moses Kotane was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader, long-time secretary-general of the South African Communist Party, and senior African National Congress figure.
  • E. Cecil Skotnes
    Cecil Skotnes was a prominent South African artist known for his innovative woodcut prints and contributions to modern African art.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69d7bdf69bc48190af6c2621f28ca351 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9708e0b788190b72a3057e271c227 completed April 10, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69bb092b88190b159f1d79156cf86 completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69d7984d48190adf5409a1ac7346a completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69e2abc38819095ff4977f2df9b2b completed May 3, 2026, 1 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:37 p.m.