Triple

T22631872
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa E558573 entity
Predicate countryDuringPeriod P41268 FINISHED
Object Union of South Africa 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: Union of South Africa | Statement: [Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, countryDuringPeriod, Union of South Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union of South Africa
Context triple: [Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, countryDuringPeriod, Union of South Africa]
  • A. South African Republic
    The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled state in southern Africa during the 19th century that later became part of modern South Africa.
  • B. South Africa
    South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
  • C. Vereeniging, South Africa
    Vereeniging is an industrial city in South Africa’s Gauteng province, historically known for its steel and coal industries and its role in the country’s mining and manufacturing economy.
  • D. Dominion of South Africa chosen
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
  • E. Transkei, South Africa
    Transkei, South Africa was a former bantustan in the southeastern part of the country, historically designated for Xhosa-speaking people during the apartheid era.
  • 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_69e245467d9881908d6985bd0db7a1f1 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17009ecb0819082f94505b0e2c5b8 completed April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:02 p.m.