Triple

T1620503
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South African general election, 1989 E35019 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object South African general election, 1994 E35574 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: South African general election, 1994 | Statement: [South African general election, 1989, followedBy, South African general election, 1994]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: South African general election, 1994
Context triple: [South African general election, 1989, followedBy, South African general election, 1994]
  • A. South African general election, 1994 chosen
    The South African general election of 1994 was the country’s first fully democratic, multiracial national vote, marking the end of apartheid and leading to Nelson Mandela’s election as president.
  • B. South African general elections
    South African general elections are nationwide democratic polls held periodically to choose representatives for the country’s National Assembly and provincial legislatures.
  • C. South African general election, 1989
    The South African general election of 1989 was the last whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, marking a turning point that led to negotiations to end minority rule and transition to democracy.
  • D. South African general election, 1987
    The South African general election of 1987 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, in which the ruling National Party retained power amid growing internal resistance and international pressure for reform.
  • E. Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
    The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) was a multi-party negotiating forum in the early 1990s that laid the groundwork for ending apartheid and establishing a democratic constitutional order in South Africa.
  • 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_69ad6810e09c81909a214d16d865646a completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.