Triple
T2379138
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South Africa national rugby union team |
E46269
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePlayer |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joost van der Westhuizen
Joost van der Westhuizen was a legendary South African scrum-half renowned for his pivotal role in the Springboks’ 1995 Rugby World Cup victory and his status as one of the greatest players in rugby union history.
|
E277750
|
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: Joost van der Westhuizen | Statement: [South Africa national rugby union team, notablePlayer, Joost van der Westhuizen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joost van der Westhuizen Context triple: [South Africa national rugby union team, notablePlayer, Joost van der Westhuizen]
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A.
Hendrik Klopper
Hendrik Klopper was a South African Army officer and World War II general best known for his leadership of Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Tobruk.
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B.
Hendrik Schoeman
Hendrik Schoeman was a prominent South African politician and Boer leader who served as a government minister in the South African Republic during the late 19th century.
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C.
Ben Viljoen
Ben Viljoen was a prominent Boer general and political figure who played a key leadership role in the Second Boer War against the British.
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D.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
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E.
Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Marthinus Theunis Steyn was the last State President of the Orange Free State, known for leading the Boer republic during the Second Anglo-Boer War and later advocating for Afrikaner reconciliation and unity in South Africa.
- 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: Joost van der Westhuizen Triple: [South Africa national rugby union team, notablePlayer, Joost van der Westhuizen]
Generated description
Joost van der Westhuizen was a legendary South African scrum-half renowned for his pivotal role in the Springboks’ 1995 Rugby World Cup victory and his status as one of the greatest players in rugby union history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joost van der Westhuizen Target entity description: Joost van der Westhuizen was a legendary South African scrum-half renowned for his pivotal role in the Springboks’ 1995 Rugby World Cup victory and his status as one of the greatest players in rugby union history.
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A.
Hendrik Klopper
Hendrik Klopper was a South African Army officer and World War II general best known for his leadership of Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Tobruk.
-
B.
Hendrik Schoeman
Hendrik Schoeman was a prominent South African politician and Boer leader who served as a government minister in the South African Republic during the late 19th century.
-
C.
Ben Viljoen
Ben Viljoen was a prominent Boer general and political figure who played a key leadership role in the Second Boer War against the British.
-
D.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
-
E.
Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Marthinus Theunis Steyn was the last State President of the Orange Free State, known for leading the Boer republic during the Second Anglo-Boer War and later advocating for Afrikaner reconciliation and unity in South Africa.
- 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_69a88a1554a48190a0180682bcf099be |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc7974aa481908799ef2f854d1c9d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af5cce716c8190b87b117b270b9a84 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af5dea244c81909bd6bcdba0edf958 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af5e6449e4819084313a5b44d46044 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.