Triple
T3844977
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mthatha |
E93546
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mthatha River |
E278497
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 River | Statement: [Mthatha, namedAfter, Mthatha River]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mthatha River Context triple: [Mthatha, namedAfter, Mthatha River]
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A.
Mthatha River
chosen
The Mthatha River is a significant waterway in South Africa’s Eastern Cape that flows through the historical heartland of the Thembu people before reaching the Indian Ocean.
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B.
Notwane River
The Notwane River is a significant river in southern Africa that flows through Botswana and parts of South Africa before joining the Limpopo River.
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C.
Umkhrah River
The Umkhrah River is a small but significant river flowing through Shillong in the Indian state of Meghalaya, historically central to the city's landscape and local life.
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D.
Ithun River
The Ithun River is a lesser-known river in northeastern India that serves as a tributary within the Dibang River basin in Arunachal Pradesh.
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E.
Malewa River
The Malewa River is a major freshwater river in Kenya’s Rift Valley that drains the surrounding highlands and serves as the primary water source feeding Lake Naivasha.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bea458dd088190834a647c7316a83c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.