Triple

T2648979
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Makgatho Mandela E53851 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Mandela
Mandela is a prominent South African surname most famously associated with Nelson Mandela and his influential family in the struggle against apartheid.
 E293642 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: Mandela | Statement: [Makgatho Mandela, familyName, Mandela]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mandela
Context triple: [Makgatho Mandela, familyName, Mandela]
  • A. Nelson Mandela
    Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who became the country’s first Black president and a global symbol of reconciliation and justice.
  • B. Kekewich Mandela
    Kekewich Mandela is a member of the Thembu royal family, a Xhosa-speaking dynasty in South Africa historically associated with leadership and chieftaincy.
  • C. Makaziwe Mandela
    Makaziwe Mandela is a South African businesswoman and academic, best known as the daughter of anti-apartheid icon and former president Nelson Mandela.
  • D. Oliver Tambo
    Oliver Tambo was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and long-serving president of the African National Congress who played a key role in building its international support and guiding the liberation struggle in exile.
  • E. Walter Sisulu
    Walter Sisulu was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and African National Congress leader who played a key role in the struggle against white minority rule and was imprisoned for many years alongside Nelson Mandela.
  • 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: Mandela
Triple: [Makgatho Mandela, familyName, Mandela]
Generated description
Mandela is a prominent South African surname most famously associated with Nelson Mandela and his influential family in the struggle against apartheid.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mandela
Target entity description: Mandela is a prominent South African surname most famously associated with Nelson Mandela and his influential family in the struggle against apartheid.
  • A. Nelson Mandela
    Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who became the country’s first Black president and a global symbol of reconciliation and justice.
  • B. Kekewich Mandela
    Kekewich Mandela is a member of the Thembu royal family, a Xhosa-speaking dynasty in South Africa historically associated with leadership and chieftaincy.
  • C. Makaziwe Mandela
    Makaziwe Mandela is a South African businesswoman and academic, best known as the daughter of anti-apartheid icon and former president Nelson Mandela.
  • D. Oliver Tambo
    Oliver Tambo was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and long-serving president of the African National Congress who played a key role in building its international support and guiding the liberation struggle in exile.
  • E. Walter Sisulu
    Walter Sisulu was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and African National Congress leader who played a key role in the struggle against white minority rule and was imprisoned for many years alongside Nelson Mandela.
  • 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_69ab495e192081909c77b622e8e7e15a completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd91ca1288190ba302b04bac4c153 completed March 7, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afb674ed4c8190a398fccdbd30e9c2 completed March 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb7c0ac9c819088939e2a20e74c24 completed March 10, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb84d36488190b49b05f2d5398627 completed March 10, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.