Triple
T21886712
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | State Secretary of the South African Republic |
E540423
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entity |
| Predicate | positionHeldBy |
P8
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Nicolaas Jacobus Smit
Nicolaas Jacobus Smit was a 19th-century South African politician and statesman who played a significant role in the governance of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
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E1506860
|
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: Nicolaas Jacobus Smit | Statement: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, Nicolaas Jacobus Smit]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolaas Jacobus Smit Context triple: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, Nicolaas Jacobus Smit]
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A.
Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff
Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff was a 19th-century South African politician who served as the second State President of the Orange Free State.
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B.
Pieter Willem Grobler
Pieter Willem Grobler was a South African military and political leader who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic during the late 19th century.
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C.
Hendrik Cornelis Wisse Smit
Hendrik Cornelis Wisse Smit was the father of Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau and a Dutch banker who died in a mountaineering accident when she was young.
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D.
Hendrik Louw
Hendrik Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Louw.
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E.
Jozias van Aartsen
Jozias van Aartsen is a Dutch politician who has held prominent national and local offices, including serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mayor of The Hague.
- 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: Nicolaas Jacobus Smit Triple: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, Nicolaas Jacobus Smit]
Generated description
Nicolaas Jacobus Smit was a 19th-century South African politician and statesman who played a significant role in the governance of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolaas Jacobus Smit Target entity description: Nicolaas Jacobus Smit was a 19th-century South African politician and statesman who played a significant role in the governance of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
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A.
Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff
Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff was a 19th-century South African politician who served as the second State President of the Orange Free State.
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B.
Pieter Willem Grobler
Pieter Willem Grobler was a South African military and political leader who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic during the late 19th century.
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C.
Hendrik Cornelis Wisse Smit
Hendrik Cornelis Wisse Smit was the father of Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau and a Dutch banker who died in a mountaineering accident when she was young.
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D.
Hendrik Louw
Hendrik Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Louw.
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E.
Jozias van Aartsen
Jozias van Aartsen is a Dutch politician who has held prominent national and local offices, including serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mayor of The Hague.
- 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_69e0c47a95908190ae3e19b716accb3d |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f118ed35948190bbffba2c40029eee |
completed | April 28, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a52bb53a48190905241cbc7a06efb |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a5375251c8190bd56103ad7465378 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a54a231ec8190921160d7a1156aa5 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:05 p.m.