Triple

T2648950
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thabo Mbeki E53850 entity
Predicate succeededBy (Deputy President of South Africa) P33240 FINISHED
Object Jacob Zuma E127888 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Jacob Zuma | Statement: [Thabo Mbeki, succeededBy (Deputy President of South Africa), Jacob Zuma]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Zuma
Context triple: [Thabo Mbeki, succeededBy (Deputy President of South Africa), Jacob Zuma]
  • A. Jacob Zuma chosen
    Jacob Zuma is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served as the country’s president from 2009 to 2018 and was widely associated with corruption scandals and state capture allegations.
  • B. Cyril Ramaphosa
    Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African politician, businessman, and anti-apartheid activist who became the country’s president after a prominent career in trade union leadership and the private sector.
  • C. Kgalema Motlanthe
    Kgalema Motlanthe is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who briefly served as the country's president from 2008 to 2009.
  • D. Thabo Mbeki
    Thabo Mbeki is a South African politician who served as the country’s second post-apartheid president, known for his role in economic reform and controversial stance on HIV/AIDS.
  • E. Frank Chikane
    Frank Chikane is a South African anti-apartheid activist, pastor, and politician who became a prominent leader in the struggle against apartheid and later served in senior government and church leadership roles.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededBy (Deputy President of South Africa)
Context triple: [Thabo Mbeki, succeededBy (Deputy President of South Africa), Jacob Zuma]
  • A. succeededByAsPresident
    Indicates that one individual directly followed another in holding the office of president.
  • B. succeededByAsHeadOfState
    Indicates that one individual directly followed another in the role of head of state.
  • C. successorOfficeHolder chosen
    Indicates that one office holder directly follows another in occupying the same official position.
  • D. succeededByPrimeMinister
    Indicates that one prime minister directly follows another in office as their immediate successor.
  • E. succeededAsVicePresidentBy
    Indicates that one individual ceased serving as vice president and was followed in that office by another specific individual.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69ab495e192081909c77b622e8e7e15a completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd91b4b3c81908571e85a1621dfc5 completed March 7, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc6352520819095eb04819578c1ba completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abd814298c8190952f05aed43f6bb8 completed March 7, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.