Triple

T22144049
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven E547238 entity
Predicate birthPlace P1 FINISHED
Object Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony
Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony, is a rural settlement in the Little Karoo region of what is now South Africa, historically notable as the birthplace of prominent Afrikaans writer and politician Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven.
E1522022 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: Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony | Statement: [Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, birthPlace, Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony
Context triple: [Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, birthPlace, Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony]
  • A. Herschel, Eastern Cape
    Herschel, Eastern Cape is a small rural town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, known as the birthplace of acclaimed writer and playwright Zakes Mda.
  • B. Himeville, South Africa
    Himeville, South Africa is a small rural town in the KwaZulu-Natal province, known as a gateway to the southern Drakensberg and the Sani Pass into Lesotho.
  • C. Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa
    Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa is a historic town in Gauteng province that developed as a key settlement along the old wagon route between Johannesburg and Durban.
  • D. Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
    Ngcobo, located in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural town in the Eastern Cape historically associated with anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu.
  • E. Qunu, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Qunu, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, is a rural village best known as the childhood home and final resting place of Nelson Mandela.
  • 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: Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony
Triple: [Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, birthPlace, Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony]
Generated description
Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony, is a rural settlement in the Little Karoo region of what is now South Africa, historically notable as the birthplace of prominent Afrikaans writer and politician Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony
Target entity description: Hoeko, near Ladismith, Cape Colony, is a rural settlement in the Little Karoo region of what is now South Africa, historically notable as the birthplace of prominent Afrikaans writer and politician Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven.
  • A. Herschel, Eastern Cape
    Herschel, Eastern Cape is a small rural town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, known as the birthplace of acclaimed writer and playwright Zakes Mda.
  • B. Himeville, South Africa
    Himeville, South Africa is a small rural town in the KwaZulu-Natal province, known as a gateway to the southern Drakensberg and the Sani Pass into Lesotho.
  • C. Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa
    Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa is a historic town in Gauteng province that developed as a key settlement along the old wagon route between Johannesburg and Durban.
  • D. Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
    Ngcobo, located in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural town in the Eastern Cape historically associated with anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu.
  • E. Qunu, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Qunu, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, is a rural village best known as the childhood home and final resting place of Nelson Mandela.
  • 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_69e11e3a95d88190a3bd80d9471976c3 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f129c045448190b3d189cdb8c0d2fd completed April 28, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a96fe404481908a6b27dcf1406dfb completed May 18, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a97e509a88190a7f316cf340d010a completed May 18, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a987daa208190bab5b7adec1913e8 completed May 18, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:32 p.m.