Triple
T19918174
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zoo City |
E478718
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Zinzi December
Zinzi December is the streetwise, animal-bonded ex-journalist and protagonist of Lauren Beukes’s urban fantasy novel "Zoo City," known for her talent in magically locating lost things.
|
E1402099
|
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: Zinzi December | Statement: [Zoo City, hasMainCharacter, Zinzi December]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zinzi December Context triple: [Zoo City, hasMainCharacter, Zinzi December]
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A.
Zana
Zana is a song featured on the album "Legend of the Sun Virgin" by Peruvian-Australian singer-songwriter and producer Gaby Moreno (performing as part of the project).
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B.
Zana
Zana is a young girl character on the 1990s sitcom "The Sinbad Show," where she is one of the foster children cared for by Sinbad's character.
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C.
Zondi
Zondi is a given name associated with Zondi Mandela, a member of South Africa’s prominent Mandela family.
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D.
Zanele
Zanele is a feminine given name commonly used in Southern Africa, particularly among Zulu and Xhosa speakers.
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E.
Zing Mumuye
Zing Mumuye is a regional dialect of the Mumuye language spoken by communities in and around the Zing area of Nigeria.
- 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: Zinzi December Triple: [Zoo City, hasMainCharacter, Zinzi December]
Generated description
Zinzi December is the streetwise, animal-bonded ex-journalist and protagonist of Lauren Beukes’s urban fantasy novel "Zoo City," known for her talent in magically locating lost things.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zinzi December Target entity description: Zinzi December is the streetwise, animal-bonded ex-journalist and protagonist of Lauren Beukes’s urban fantasy novel "Zoo City," known for her talent in magically locating lost things.
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A.
Zana
Zana is a song featured on the album "Legend of the Sun Virgin" by Peruvian-Australian singer-songwriter and producer Gaby Moreno (performing as part of the project).
-
B.
Zana
Zana is a young girl character on the 1990s sitcom "The Sinbad Show," where she is one of the foster children cared for by Sinbad's character.
-
C.
Zondi
Zondi is a given name associated with Zondi Mandela, a member of South Africa’s prominent Mandela family.
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D.
Zanele
Zanele is a feminine given name commonly used in Southern Africa, particularly among Zulu and Xhosa speakers.
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E.
Zing Mumuye
Zing Mumuye is a regional dialect of the Mumuye language spoken by communities in and around the Zing area of Nigeria.
- 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_69d8e521855c8190b41871700afc8d6a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e659c3d990819089386d9f30323e8c |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a07ea52592481909419476f335b6046 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07f2c7dec48190a698509098479a56 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07f376f5388190989a0460528945df |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:32 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:53 p.m.