Triple
T1767966
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | P. W. Botha |
E38807
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Prime Minister of South Africa |
E189874
|
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: Prime Minister of South Africa | Statement: [P. W. Botha, positionHeld, Prime Minister of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prime Minister of South Africa Context triple: [P. W. Botha, positionHeld, Prime Minister of South Africa]
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A.
Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
chosen
The Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa was the head of government of the Union from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961, overseeing executive authority and national administration.
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B.
President of South Africa
The President of South Africa is the country’s head of state and head of government, elected by the National Assembly to lead the executive branch and represent the nation domestically and internationally.
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C.
State President of South Africa
The State President of South Africa was the former head of state position during the apartheid era, preceding the modern office of the President of South Africa.
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D.
Vice President of the South African Republic
The Vice President of the South African Republic was a senior political office in the former Boer republic, serving as the second-highest executive authority after the State President.
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E.
Chief Justice of South Africa
The Chief Justice of South Africa is the country’s highest-ranking judicial officer, serving as head of the judiciary and presiding over its apex court.
- 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_69a8862e61708190af97b9838cc3f5de |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa648bb44c81909245fb7ee23cb132 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada991564c81909ae00fdcb47f52af |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.