Triple
T2420254
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lichtenburg, Transvaal |
E53400
|
entity |
| Predicate | region |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | North West (South Africa) |
E104698
|
NE FINISHED |
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: North West (South Africa) | Statement: [Lichtenburg, Transvaal, region, North West (South Africa)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North West (South Africa) Context triple: [Lichtenburg, Transvaal, region, North West (South Africa)]
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A.
Natal, South Africa
Natal, South Africa was a former British colony and later a province on the country’s eastern coast, centered around the port city of Durban and known for its diverse population and sugarcane agriculture.
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B.
North West Province
chosen
North West Province is a largely rural, mining- and agriculture-focused province in north-central South Africa, bordering Botswana and known for sites such as Sun City and the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.
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C.
Griqualand West
Griqualand West was a 19th-century British colonial territory in southern Africa, centered on the diamond-rich area around Kimberley.
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D.
Transvaal
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is South Africa’s largest and most sparsely populated province, known for its arid landscapes, diamond mining history, and significant Afrikaans-speaking communities.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ab495c44d48190b7235b23719bc3f6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc96f97e08190978b2d873ab88859 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aebf57b0708190bf4d38c51e02309f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.