Triple

T40008
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Second Boer War E790 entity
Predicate combatantCommander P1698 FINISHED
Object Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
E6702 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: Koos de la Rey | Statement: [Second Boer War, combatantCommander, Koos de la Rey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Koos de la Rey
Context triple: [Second Boer War, combatantCommander, Koos de la Rey]
  • A. Louis Botha
    Louis Botha was a prominent Boer military leader who became the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
  • B. Paul Kruger
    Paul Kruger was a prominent Boer political and military leader who served as President of the South African Republic and became a central figure in resistance against British rule during the late 19th century.
  • C. Olaf Kölzig
    Olaf Kölzig is a former German-Canadian NHL goaltender best known for his long, standout career with the Washington Capitals, including winning the Vezina Trophy in 2000.
  • D. Claude Auchinleck
    Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
  • E. Patrice Motsepe
    Patrice Motsepe is a South African billionaire mining magnate and philanthropist, known as the founder of African Rainbow Minerals and for his extensive charitable initiatives across Africa.
  • 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: Koos de la Rey
Triple: [Second Boer War, combatantCommander, Koos de la Rey]
Generated description
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Koos de la Rey
Target entity description: Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
  • A. Louis Botha
    Louis Botha was a prominent Boer military leader who became the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
  • B. Paul Kruger
    Paul Kruger was a prominent Boer political and military leader who served as President of the South African Republic and became a central figure in resistance against British rule during the late 19th century.
  • C. Olaf Kölzig
    Olaf Kölzig is a former German-Canadian NHL goaltender best known for his long, standout career with the Washington Capitals, including winning the Vezina Trophy in 2000.
  • D. Claude Auchinleck
    Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
  • E. Patrice Motsepe
    Patrice Motsepe is a South African billionaire mining magnate and philanthropist, known as the founder of African Rainbow Minerals and for his extensive charitable initiatives across Africa.
  • 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_69a247a8f6c08190bac804906d62ed5a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24ec1ef5481909daf99654dfa3f57 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a25ab3438c81908ff16eb23a09fea7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a25ba68f1081908f88d2bb2af35af6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a25c4a5fa8819082a737e1f0251a8a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.