Triple
T21886725
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | State Secretary of the South African Republic |
E540423
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeldBy |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | J. H. Potgieter |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: J. H. Potgieter | Statement: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, J. H. Potgieter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. H. Potgieter Context triple: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, J. H. Potgieter]
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A.
A.G. Potgieter
A.G. Potgieter is a notable individual who shares the Potgieter surname, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that family name.
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B.
Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Andries Hendrik Potgieter was a prominent Voortrekker leader and Boer pioneer who played a key role in establishing early Boer settlements in the interior of southern Africa during the 19th century.
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C.
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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D.
J. H. Grobler
J. H. Grobler was a South African politician who served as a senior government official in the late 19th-century Boer republic known as the South African Republic (Transvaal).
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E.
Piet Arnoldus Pretorius
Piet Arnoldus Pretorius is a notable member of the historically influential Pretorius family of South Africa, associated with the country’s Afrikaner political and social legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. H. Potgieter Target entity description: J. H. Potgieter was a South African political figure who served in the government of the South African Republic (Transvaal) during the era of Boer self-rule.
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A.
A.G. Potgieter
A.G. Potgieter is a notable individual who shares the Potgieter surname, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that family name.
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B.
Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Andries Hendrik Potgieter was a prominent Voortrekker leader and Boer pioneer who played a key role in establishing early Boer settlements in the interior of southern Africa during the 19th century.
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C.
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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D.
J. H. Grobler
J. H. Grobler was a South African politician who served as a senior government official in the late 19th-century Boer republic known as the South African Republic (Transvaal).
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E.
Piet Arnoldus Pretorius
Piet Arnoldus Pretorius is a notable member of the historically influential Pretorius family of South Africa, associated with the country’s Afrikaner political and social legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e0c47a95908190ae3e19b716accb3d |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f118ed35948190bbffba2c40029eee |
completed | April 28, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:05 p.m.