Triple
T276579
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pretoria |
E5262
|
entity |
| Predicate | oneOfNationalCapitalsOf |
P4676
|
FINISHED |
| Object | South Africa |
E3669
|
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: South Africa | Statement: [Pretoria, oneOfNationalCapitalsOf, South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Africa Context triple: [Pretoria, oneOfNationalCapitalsOf, South Africa]
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A.
South Africa
chosen
South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
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B.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscapes, diverse wildlife, and historical sites such as Victoria Falls and the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
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C.
Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa known for its stable democracy, significant diamond resources, and vast wildlife-rich landscapes including the Okavango Delta.
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D.
Namibia
Namibia is a sparsely populated country in southwestern Africa known for its dramatic desert landscapes, diverse wildlife, and a legal system influenced by Roman-Dutch law.
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E.
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.
- 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: oneOfNationalCapitalsOf Context triple: [Pretoria, oneOfNationalCapitalsOf, South Africa]
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A.
regionalOrganizationCapital
Indicates that a city serves as the capital or administrative center of a specified regional organization.
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B.
capitalOfCountryServed
chosen
Indicates that a city serves as the capital of a given country.
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C.
locatedInCapital
Indicates that an entity is situated within the capital city of a specified region, country, or administrative area.
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D.
hasCapital
Indicates that a place or political entity has a specific city designated as its capital.
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E.
formerCapitalOf
Indicates that a place once served as the capital of another entity (such as a country or region) but no longer holds that status.
- 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_69a257e6c8788190987dfe705ca2912a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25dec53ac8190912f3d79576131fa |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3fe8dde4c8190bd897e5251eb6941 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a25b7480e881909399beccfc7ffb81 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.