Triple

T1645594
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South African general election, 1994 E35574 entity
Predicate precedes P97 FINISHED
Object South African general election, 1999
The South African general election of 1999 was the country's second democratic national vote after the end of apartheid, resulting in Thabo Mbeki succeeding Nelson Mandela as president.
E188921 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: South African general election, 1999 | Statement: [South African general election, 1994, precedes, South African general election, 1999]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African general election, 1999
Context triple: [South African general election, 1994, precedes, South African general election, 1999]
  • A. South African general election, 1994
    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. Independent Electoral Commission (South Africa)
    The Independent Electoral Commission (South Africa) is the national body responsible for managing and overseeing free and fair elections across South Africa’s democratic system.
  • 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: South African general election, 1999
Triple: [South African general election, 1994, precedes, South African general election, 1999]
Generated description
The South African general election of 1999 was the country's second democratic national vote after the end of apartheid, resulting in Thabo Mbeki succeeding Nelson Mandela as president.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African general election, 1999
Target entity description: The South African general election of 1999 was the country's second democratic national vote after the end of apartheid, resulting in Thabo Mbeki succeeding Nelson Mandela as president.
  • A. South African general election, 1994
    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. Independent Electoral Commission (South Africa)
    The Independent Electoral Commission (South Africa) is the national body responsible for managing and overseeing free and fair elections across South Africa’s democratic system.
  • 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_69a88604618c81908b41f6429c431eb6 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a41e5a08190b97dd1c0b12c662a completed March 5, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad71a8c22c8190b7f2883dfbd1403f completed March 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad72371b648190a50b5b5ca9cd7f5d completed March 8, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad72a64e0c8190a2b63c78c54896d0 completed March 8, 2026, 12:59 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.