Triple

T16198722

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Walter Sisulu University East London campus	`E393138`	entity
Predicate	governingBody	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Council of Walter Sisulu University The Council of Walter Sisulu University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overall strategic direction, policy, and oversight of the university’s affairs.	`E1198611`	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: Council of Walter Sisulu University | Statement: [Walter Sisulu University East London campus, governingBody, Council of Walter Sisulu University]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Walter Sisulu University
Context triple: [Walter Sisulu University East London campus, governingBody, Council of Walter Sisulu University]

A. Council of the University of Johannesburg
The Council of the University of Johannesburg is the institution’s highest decision-making body, responsible for overall governance, strategic direction, and oversight of its academic and administrative affairs.
B. Council of Nelson Mandela University
The Council of Nelson Mandela University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for strategic oversight, policy direction, and ensuring good governance of the university.
C. Council of the University of Fort Hare
The Council of the University of Fort Hare is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overall strategic direction, policy, and oversight of its administration and affairs.
D. University of Johannesburg Senate
The University of Johannesburg Senate is the institution’s highest academic governing body, responsible for overseeing academic policy, standards, and quality across its faculties.
E. Council of the University of Pretoria
The Council of the University of Pretoria is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overall strategic direction, policy, and oversight of the university’s affairs.
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: Council of Walter Sisulu University
Triple: [Walter Sisulu University East London campus, governingBody, Council of Walter Sisulu University]

Generated description

The Council of Walter Sisulu University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overall strategic direction, policy, and oversight of the university’s affairs.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Walter Sisulu University
Target entity description: The Council of Walter Sisulu University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overall strategic direction, policy, and oversight of the university’s affairs.

A. Council of the University of Johannesburg
The Council of the University of Johannesburg is the institution’s highest decision-making body, responsible for overall governance, strategic direction, and oversight of its academic and administrative affairs.
B. Council of Nelson Mandela University
The Council of Nelson Mandela University is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for strategic oversight, policy direction, and ensuring good governance of the university.
C. Council of the University of Fort Hare
The Council of the University of Fort Hare is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overall strategic direction, policy, and oversight of its administration and affairs.
D. University of Johannesburg Senate
The University of Johannesburg Senate is the institution’s highest academic governing body, responsible for overseeing academic policy, standards, and quality across its faculties.
E. Council of the University of Pretoria
The Council of the University of Pretoria is the institution’s highest governing body, responsible for overall strategic direction, policy, and oversight of the university’s affairs.
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_69d87f1e49ac8190a311b54d32990576`	completed	April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e222de2db481908471b9c73d444607`	completed	April 17, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ffff1107908190afda091b53317d81`	completed	May 10, 2026, 3:44 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a00014d982881908dcb9a0abd75a1e2`	completed	May 10, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a00021e42ec8190af9869b7f8be3ce5`	completed	May 10, 2026, 3:57 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.