Triple
T1620451
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Andries Pretorius |
E35018
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pretorius |
E35018
|
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: Pretorius | Statement: [Andries Pretorius, familyName, Pretorius]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pretorius Context triple: [Andries Pretorius, familyName, Pretorius]
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A.
Andries Pretorius
chosen
Andries Pretorius was a prominent 19th-century Boer leader and military commander who played a key role in establishing Afrikaner republics in southern Africa.
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B.
Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan de Wet was a prominent Boer general and guerrilla leader renowned for his daring and highly effective campaigns against British forces during the Second Boer War.
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C.
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a 19th-century Boer leader who served as the first president of the South African Republic and played a key role in early Afrikaner state formation.
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D.
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.
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E.
Verwoerd
Verwoerd is a surname most prominently associated with Hendrik Verwoerd, the South African prime minister widely regarded as the chief architect of apartheid.
- 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_69a886023194819080a3fccd6e325d0e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a909b0738c8190b073e0ccec5e217d |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad6092fdd0819099bde0004de869c4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.