Triple

T334820
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Natal Colony E6701 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Port Shepstone
Port Shepstone is a coastal town on South Africa’s south coast, known historically as a regional administrative and commercial center and today as a seaside holiday destination.
E42616 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: Port Shepstone | Statement: [Natal Colony, contains, Port Shepstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port Shepstone
Context triple: [Natal Colony, contains, Port Shepstone]
  • A. Table Bay
    Table Bay is a natural bay on the Atlantic coast of South Africa, famed as the historic anchorage and harbor area of Cape Town beneath Table Mountain.
  • B. Port Elizabeth
    Port Elizabeth is a large coastal city in South Africa known for its major seaport, automotive industry, and popular beaches along Algoa Bay.
  • C. Lüderitz
    Lüderitz is a coastal town in southwestern Namibia known for its Atlantic shoreline, nearby desert landscapes, and rich marine ecosystem influenced by the Benguela Current.
  • D. Magens Bay
    Magens Bay is a renowned white-sand beach and protected bay on the north side of Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, famous for its calm turquoise waters and scenic beauty.
  • E. Douglas Harbour
    Douglas Harbour is the principal port and maritime gateway of the Isle of Man, serving as its key hub for passenger and freight transport.
  • 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: Port Shepstone
Triple: [Natal Colony, contains, Port Shepstone]
Generated description
Port Shepstone is a coastal town on South Africa’s south coast, known historically as a regional administrative and commercial center and today as a seaside holiday destination.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port Shepstone
Target entity description: Port Shepstone is a coastal town on South Africa’s south coast, known historically as a regional administrative and commercial center and today as a seaside holiday destination.
  • A. Table Bay
    Table Bay is a natural bay on the Atlantic coast of South Africa, famed as the historic anchorage and harbor area of Cape Town beneath Table Mountain.
  • B. Port Elizabeth
    Port Elizabeth is a large coastal city in South Africa known for its major seaport, automotive industry, and popular beaches along Algoa Bay.
  • C. Lüderitz
    Lüderitz is a coastal town in southwestern Namibia known for its Atlantic shoreline, nearby desert landscapes, and rich marine ecosystem influenced by the Benguela Current.
  • D. Magens Bay
    Magens Bay is a renowned white-sand beach and protected bay on the north side of Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, famous for its calm turquoise waters and scenic beauty.
  • E. Douglas Harbour
    Douglas Harbour is the principal port and maritime gateway of the Isle of Man, serving as its key hub for passenger and freight transport.
  • 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_69a2e79434908190a9d5afe415153ad9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eac641708190b85fa21368e5de8e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3d247650481909006cc27bfa385e3 completed March 1, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3d2d8aa64819095cdee306bec77ec completed March 1, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3d370d200819089eaf114357a8ca3 completed March 1, 2026, 5:49 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.