Triple
T21886729
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | State Secretary of the South African Republic |
E540423
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeldBy |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | J. H. Venter |
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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. Venter | Statement: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, J. H. Venter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. H. Venter Context triple: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, J. H. Venter]
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A.
Craig Venter
Craig Venter is an American biotechnologist and entrepreneur best known for leading the private effort to sequence the human genome and for pioneering work in synthetic biology.
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B.
Eric Lander
Eric Lander is an American geneticist and mathematician best known as a principal leader of the Human Genome Project and a founding director of the Broad Institute.
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C.
George Church
George Church was a stage actor known for his role in the original Broadway production of the musical "Oklahoma!".
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D.
George Church
George Church is an American geneticist and molecular engineer known for his pioneering work in genome sequencing, CRISPR gene editing, and synthetic biology.
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E.
Graham C. Walker
Graham C. Walker is an American molecular biologist known for his influential research on DNA repair and mutagenesis, particularly in bacteria.
- 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. Venter Target entity description: J. H. Venter was a South African politician who served as State Secretary of the South African Republic (Transvaal) during the era of the Boer republics.
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A.
Craig Venter
Craig Venter is an American biotechnologist and entrepreneur best known for leading the private effort to sequence the human genome and for pioneering work in synthetic biology.
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B.
Eric Lander
Eric Lander is an American geneticist and mathematician best known as a principal leader of the Human Genome Project and a founding director of the Broad Institute.
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C.
George Church
George Church was a stage actor known for his role in the original Broadway production of the musical "Oklahoma!".
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D.
George Church
George Church is an American geneticist and molecular engineer known for his pioneering work in genome sequencing, CRISPR gene editing, and synthetic biology.
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E.
Graham C. Walker
Graham C. Walker is an American molecular biologist known for his influential research on DNA repair and mutagenesis, particularly in bacteria.
- 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.