Triple

T1961495
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject High Commissioner for Southern Africa E42596 entity
Predicate officeHolderAlsoHeld P8468 FINISHED
Object Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in South Africa from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961.
E218814 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: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa | Statement: [High Commissioner for Southern Africa, officeHolderAlsoHeld, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
Context triple: [High Commissioner for Southern Africa, officeHolderAlsoHeld, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa]
  • A. 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.
  • B. State President of the South African Republic
    The State President of the South African Republic was the highest executive and political office of the independent Boer republic also known as the Transvaal, responsible for leading its government and representing it in domestic and international affairs.
  • C. Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
    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.
  • D. Commandant-General of the South African Republic
    The Commandant-General of the South African Republic was the highest military commander of the Boer republic’s armed forces, responsible for leading its defense and military campaigns.
  • E. Administrator of the Transvaal
    The Administrator of the Transvaal was the British colonial official responsible for governing and overseeing the administration of the Transvaal territory following its annexation by the United Kingdom.
  • 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: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
Triple: [High Commissioner for Southern Africa, officeHolderAlsoHeld, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa]
Generated description
The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in South Africa from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
Target entity description: The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in South Africa from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961.
  • A. 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.
  • B. State President of the South African Republic
    The State President of the South African Republic was the highest executive and political office of the independent Boer republic also known as the Transvaal, responsible for leading its government and representing it in domestic and international affairs.
  • C. Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
    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.
  • D. Commandant-General of the South African Republic
    The Commandant-General of the South African Republic was the highest military commander of the Boer republic’s armed forces, responsible for leading its defense and military campaigns.
  • E. Administrator of the Transvaal
    The Administrator of the Transvaal was the British colonial official responsible for governing and overseeing the administration of the Transvaal territory following its annexation by the United Kingdom.
  • 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb7c698748190a10da0901952df07 completed March 7, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbd133908190add1c78d91a813ef completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc6d7fb08190959ee247d0060f4c completed March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd2f68f48190ad23db5ca6ae663a completed March 8, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.