Triple

T1373802
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Orange Free State E30172 entity
Predicate leader P981 FINISHED
Object Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Marthinus Theunis Steyn was the last State President of the Orange Free State, known for leading the Boer republic during the Second Anglo-Boer War and later advocating for Afrikaner reconciliation and unity in South Africa.
E160835 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: Marthinus Theunis Steyn | Statement: [Orange Free State, leader, Marthinus Theunis Steyn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Context triple: [Orange Free State, leader, Marthinus Theunis Steyn]
  • A. Hendrik Schoeman
    Hendrik Schoeman was a prominent South African politician and Boer leader who served as a government minister in the South African Republic during the late 19th century.
  • B. Koos de la Rey
    Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
  • C. du Plessis
    Du Plessis is the French noble family name of Cardinal Richelieu, historically associated with his influential role in 17th-century French politics and the Catholic Church.
  • D. Eric Cradock
    Eric Cradock was a Canadian sports promoter and businessman best known as a co-founder and early owner of the Toronto Huskies basketball team.
  • E. Piet Joubert
    Piet Joubert was a prominent Boer military leader and politician who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic and played a key role in conflicts against British rule in the late 19th century.
  • 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: Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Triple: [Orange Free State, leader, Marthinus Theunis Steyn]
Generated description
Marthinus Theunis Steyn was the last State President of the Orange Free State, known for leading the Boer republic during the Second Anglo-Boer War and later advocating for Afrikaner reconciliation and unity in South Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Target entity description: Marthinus Theunis Steyn was the last State President of the Orange Free State, known for leading the Boer republic during the Second Anglo-Boer War and later advocating for Afrikaner reconciliation and unity in South Africa.
  • A. Hendrik Schoeman
    Hendrik Schoeman was a prominent South African politician and Boer leader who served as a government minister in the South African Republic during the late 19th century.
  • B. Koos de la Rey
    Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
  • C. du Plessis
    Du Plessis is the French noble family name of Cardinal Richelieu, historically associated with his influential role in 17th-century French politics and the Catholic Church.
  • D. Eric Cradock
    Eric Cradock was a Canadian sports promoter and businessman best known as a co-founder and early owner of the Toronto Huskies basketball team.
  • E. Piet Joubert
    Piet Joubert was a prominent Boer military leader and politician who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic and played a key role in conflicts against British rule in the late 19th century.
  • 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_69a498f912008190a376a98b207b2071 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c2f660888190bc9240e0dc4f0aa3 completed March 1, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acde1a576c81909379c2c0e350cd12 completed March 8, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acdeef1b3c81908210246be0a8b37d completed March 8, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ace0042cd08190a0e1499d4c8e0769 completed March 8, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:57 p.m.