Triple

T21886713
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject State Secretary of the South African Republic E540423 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object W. J. Leyds
W. J. Leyds was a Dutch-born lawyer and statesman who became a leading political figure and diplomat of the South African Republic (Transvaal) during the late 19th century.
 E1511040 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: W. J. Leyds | Statement: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, W. J. Leyds]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. J. Leyds
Context triple: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, W. J. Leyds]
  • A. Ray de Leuw
    Ray de Leuw is a film editor known for his work on the Disney comedy Western "The Apple Dumpling Gang."
  • B. Harold J. Reitsema
    Harold J. Reitsema is an American astronomer best known for his work in planetary science and the discovery of Uranus’s Adams ring.
  • C. William Ware Theiss
    William Ware Theiss was an American costume designer best known for his innovative and often daring futuristic costumes on the original Star Trek television series.
  • D. A. L. Rudolph
    A. L. Rudolph is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Rudolph.
  • E. Walter Leistikow
    Walter Leistikow was a German painter and graphic artist associated with German Impressionism and a leading figure in Berlin’s modern art movement around 1900.
  • 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: W. J. Leyds
Triple: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, W. J. Leyds]
Generated description
W. J. Leyds was a Dutch-born lawyer and statesman who became a leading political figure and diplomat of the South African Republic (Transvaal) during the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. J. Leyds
Target entity description: W. J. Leyds was a Dutch-born lawyer and statesman who became a leading political figure and diplomat of the South African Republic (Transvaal) during the late 19th century.
  • A. Ray de Leuw
    Ray de Leuw is a film editor known for his work on the Disney comedy Western "The Apple Dumpling Gang."
  • B. Harold J. Reitsema
    Harold J. Reitsema is an American astronomer best known for his work in planetary science and the discovery of Uranus’s Adams ring.
  • C. William Ware Theiss
    William Ware Theiss was an American costume designer best known for his innovative and often daring futuristic costumes on the original Star Trek television series.
  • D. A. L. Rudolph
    A. L. Rudolph is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Rudolph.
  • E. Walter Leistikow
    Walter Leistikow was a German painter and graphic artist associated with German Impressionism and a leading figure in Berlin’s modern art movement around 1900.
  • 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_6a0a66f8e4948190a20defbff6d86659 completed May 18, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a6812112c81909844ab725dff79ed completed May 18, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a688613e8819081def9b6ba0d445e completed May 18, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:05 p.m.