Triple
T1529944
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of the Witwatersrand |
E32416
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNobelLaureateAlumnus |
P324
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nadine Gordimer |
E157964
|
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: Nadine Gordimer | Statement: [University of the Witwatersrand, hasNobelLaureateAlumnus, Nadine Gordimer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nadine Gordimer Context triple: [University of the Witwatersrand, hasNobelLaureateAlumnus, Nadine Gordimer]
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A.
Nadine Gordimer
chosen
Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and Nobel Prize–winning novelist renowned for her powerful works opposing apartheid and exploring complex social and moral issues.
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B.
Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing was a British-Zimbabwean novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate renowned for her incisive explorations of politics, psychology, and gender, particularly in works like "The Golden Notebook."
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C.
J. M. Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee is a South African-born novelist, essayist, and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate renowned for his austere, morally probing fiction exploring power, cruelty, and the human condition.
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D.
Ruth First
Ruth First was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, journalist, and scholar who was assassinated in exile for her political work.
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E.
Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach is a renowned South African Afrikaans poet, writer, and painter known for his anti-apartheid activism and influential literary work.
- 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_69a885ea86308190998f6bc14bb91f8e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa61dc6ab881908b22aa7a5295bf21 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad30942dc481908de85bd2ca30c0bd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.