Triple
T334891
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Koos de la Rey |
E6702
|
entity |
| Predicate | residence |
P75
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lichtenburg, Transvaal
Lichtenburg, Transvaal was a town in the former Transvaal province of South Africa, historically notable as a rural Boer settlement and later for its role in regional agriculture and diamond discoveries.
|
E53400
|
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: Lichtenburg, Transvaal | Statement: [Koos de la Rey, residence, Lichtenburg, Transvaal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lichtenburg, Transvaal Context triple: [Koos de la Rey, residence, Lichtenburg, Transvaal]
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A.
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.
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B.
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
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C.
Winburg, Orange Free State
Winburg, Orange Free State was a 19th-century town in the former Boer republic of the Orange Free State, in what is now central South Africa.
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D.
Greytown
Greytown is a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, historically notable as the birthplace of Boer general and first South African Prime Minister Louis Botha.
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E.
Pretoria, South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa is one of the country’s three capital cities, serving as the administrative capital and a major center for government, education, and culture.
- 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: Lichtenburg, Transvaal Triple: [Koos de la Rey, residence, Lichtenburg, Transvaal]
Generated description
Lichtenburg, Transvaal was a town in the former Transvaal province of South Africa, historically notable as a rural Boer settlement and later for its role in regional agriculture and diamond discoveries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lichtenburg, Transvaal Target entity description: Lichtenburg, Transvaal was a town in the former Transvaal province of South Africa, historically notable as a rural Boer settlement and later for its role in regional agriculture and diamond discoveries.
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A.
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.
-
B.
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
-
C.
Winburg, Orange Free State
Winburg, Orange Free State was a 19th-century town in the former Boer republic of the Orange Free State, in what is now central South Africa.
-
D.
Greytown
Greytown is a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, historically notable as the birthplace of Boer general and first South African Prime Minister Louis Botha.
-
E.
Pretoria, South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa is one of the country’s three capital cities, serving as the administrative capital and a major center for government, education, and culture.
- 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_69a4253cbdb88190a4db08c9a91bc15a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4256f2c488190a0373af74b0144c0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4290798f88190ae52f0fe6c456498 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.