Triple
T414216
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | N. P. van Wyk Louw |
E9556
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw |
E9556
|
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: Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw | Statement: [N. P. van Wyk Louw, birthName, Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw Context triple: [N. P. van Wyk Louw, birthName, Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw]
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A.
N. P. van Wyk Louw
chosen
N. P. van Wyk Louw was a prominent 20th-century Afrikaans poet, playwright, and essayist whose work profoundly shaped modern Afrikaans literature and intellectual life.
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B.
Geerhardus Vos
Geerhardus Vos was a Dutch-American Reformed theologian renowned as a pioneer of biblical theology and a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary.
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C.
Roelf Steenhuis
Roelf Steenhuis is a Dutch architect best known as one of the founding figures of the architecture firm Mecanoo.
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D.
Bruce M. Metzger
Bruce M. Metzger was a prominent American biblical scholar and textual critic known for his influential work on modern Bible translations and the Greek New Testament.
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E.
Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Andries Hendrik Potgieter was a prominent Voortrekker leader and Boer pioneer who played a key role in establishing early Boer settlements in the interior of southern Africa during the 19th century.
- 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_69a2e80111fc8190961d5b7c6154123f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ee2d6fe481908ff70ab7d043bb3e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a42f6278808190be4432cf305f525c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:21 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:09 p.m.