Triple

T3844945
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mthatha E93546 entity
Predicate hasAirport P105 FINISHED
Object Mthatha Airport
Mthatha Airport is a regional airport in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, providing domestic air services to the surrounding area.
E393344 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: Mthatha Airport | Statement: [Mthatha, hasAirport, Mthatha Airport]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mthatha Airport
Context triple: [Mthatha, hasAirport, Mthatha Airport]
  • A. Hosea Kutako International Airport
    Hosea Kutako International Airport is the main international gateway to Namibia, serving the capital city of Windhoek and handling the majority of the country’s long-haul and regional air traffic.
  • B. Moshoeshoe I International Airport
    Moshoeshoe I International Airport is the main international airport serving Lesotho, located near the capital city of Maseru.
  • C. Pietermaritzburg Airport
    Pietermaritzburg Airport is a regional airport in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, providing primarily domestic passenger services.
  • D. King Shaka International Airport
    King Shaka International Airport is the main international airport serving the Durban area in South Africa, handling both domestic and international flights.
  • E. Maputo International Airport
    Maputo International Airport is the main international gateway and busiest airport in Mozambique, serving the capital city of Maputo.
  • 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: Mthatha Airport
Triple: [Mthatha, hasAirport, Mthatha Airport]
Generated description
Mthatha Airport is a regional airport in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, providing domestic air services to the surrounding area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mthatha Airport
Target entity description: Mthatha Airport is a regional airport in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, providing domestic air services to the surrounding area.
  • A. Hosea Kutako International Airport
    Hosea Kutako International Airport is the main international gateway to Namibia, serving the capital city of Windhoek and handling the majority of the country’s long-haul and regional air traffic.
  • B. Moshoeshoe I International Airport
    Moshoeshoe I International Airport is the main international airport serving Lesotho, located near the capital city of Maseru.
  • C. Pietermaritzburg Airport
    Pietermaritzburg Airport is a regional airport in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, providing primarily domestic passenger services.
  • D. King Shaka International Airport
    King Shaka International Airport is the main international airport serving the Durban area in South Africa, handling both domestic and international flights.
  • E. Maputo International Airport
    Maputo International Airport is the main international gateway and busiest airport in Mozambique, serving the capital city of Maputo.
  • 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_69aed96ce578819084ab16e3439976c9 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeebb655c081909ec5ff3d09eb4778 completed March 9, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b504122cb08190ba97ce14e8d891fc completed March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b504a31de08190b543549a2b05b038 completed March 14, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5084c8bd48190b7afc80bed196c90 completed March 14, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.