Triple
T14077682
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Dry White Season |
E338779
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zakes Mokae |
E456212
|
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: Zakes Mokae | Statement: [A Dry White Season, starring, Zakes Mokae]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zakes Mokae Context triple: [A Dry White Season, starring, Zakes Mokae]
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A.
Zakes Mokae
chosen
Zakes Mokae was a South African-born actor renowned for his powerful stage and film performances, particularly in works confronting apartheid and racial injustice.
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B.
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.
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C.
Mbongeni Ngema
Mbongeni Ngema is a South African playwright, composer, and director best known for creating the anti-apartheid musical "Sarafina!" and other influential works in theatre and film.
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D.
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.
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E.
Zakes Mda
Zakes Mda is a prominent South African novelist, playwright, and academic known for his influential works exploring post-apartheid society and Xhosa cultural identity.
- 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_69d81c687b0c819087fd9ed4198403f8 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de5c5e027881908f610f5bab7598d4 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcd0a175a48190b596ea4cf917e80e |
completed | May 7, 2026, 5:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.