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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
succeededByAsPresident
Indicates that one individual directly followed another in holding the office of president.
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B.
succeededByAsHeadOfState
Indicates that one individual directly followed another in the role of head of state.
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C.
successorOfficeHolder
chosen
Indicates that one office holder directly follows another in occupying the same official position.
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D.
succeededByPrimeMinister
Indicates that one prime minister directly follows another in office as their immediate successor.
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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.