Triple
T18445796
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mafeking |
E450652
|
entity |
| Predicate | alternateSpelling |
P457
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mafikeng |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Mafikeng | Statement: [Mafeking, alternateSpelling, Mafikeng]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mafikeng Context triple: [Mafeking, alternateSpelling, Mafikeng]
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A.
Mafikeng
chosen
Mafikeng is a town in South Africa historically known as the site of the famous Siege of Mafeking during the Second Boer War.
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B.
Phalaborwa
Phalaborwa is a mining and tourism town in northeastern South Africa, known as a gateway to Kruger National Park and for its rich copper and phosphate deposits.
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C.
Masandawana
Masandawana is the popular nickname of South African football club Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., one of the country’s most successful and widely supported teams.
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D.
Phokeng
Phokeng is a large Tswana-speaking village in South Africa known as the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation and for its proximity to the platinum-rich mining areas near Rustenburg.
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E.
Makhado
Makhado is a major town in South Africa’s Limpopo province, serving as an important commercial and administrative center in the Vhembe region.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d38345688190b565eac2e4cd7935 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e51c15127881909d23b6dd45d7ccc9 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:30 a.m.