Triple
T22561687
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Makapansgat, South Africa |
E557829
|
entity |
| Predicate | contains |
P35
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FINISHED |
| Object | Makapansgat Valley cave complex |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Makapansgat Valley cave complex | Statement: [Makapansgat, South Africa, contains, Makapansgat Valley cave complex]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Makapansgat Valley cave complex Context triple: [Makapansgat, South Africa, contains, Makapansgat Valley cave complex]
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A.
Makapansgat, South Africa
chosen
Makapansgat, South Africa is a significant paleoanthropological site known for yielding important Australopithecus africanus fossils that have contributed to understanding early human evolution.
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B.
Sterkfontein
Sterkfontein is a renowned paleoanthropological site in South Africa famous for its rich hominin fossil discoveries that have greatly informed the study of human evolution.
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C.
Hyaena Cave
Hyaena Cave is a prehistoric archaeological and paleontological site in Gibraltar known for its rich Pleistocene fossil and artifact deposits.
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D.
Cradle of Humankind
The Cradle of Humankind is a renowned paleoanthropological site near Johannesburg that has yielded some of the world’s most important hominin fossils, illuminating early human evolution.
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E.
Swartkrans Cave
Swartkrans Cave is a key paleoanthropological site in South Africa famous for its rich assemblage of early hominin fossils and evidence of some of the earliest known controlled use of fire.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e11e5ae4ac8190b1f503457603d969 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15fa6a928819083925ea23aaaf725 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.