Triple

T4532630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Siege of Mafeking E106332 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object J. P. Snyman
J. P. Snyman was a Boer military leader best known for directing the besieging forces against the British-held town of Mafeking during the Second Boer War.
E450654 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: J. P. Snyman | Statement: [Siege of Mafeking, commander, J. P. Snyman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. P. Snyman
Context triple: [Siege of Mafeking, commander, J. P. Snyman]
  • A. Handré Pollard
    Handré Pollard is a South African rugby union fly-half renowned for his pivotal role in the Springboks’ World Cup–winning campaigns and his accurate goal-kicking under pressure.
  • B. Riaan Louw
    Riaan Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Louw.
  • C. Darrell Roodt
    Darrell Roodt is a South African film director known for socially conscious dramas that often explore apartheid and its legacy, including the acclaimed musical film "Sarafina!".
  • D. Stephan Louw
    Stephan Louw is a Namibian long jumper who has represented his country in international athletics competitions, including the Olympic Games.
  • E. Jaco Louw
    Jaco Louw is a notable individual bearing the Afrikaans surname Louw, recognized within contexts where the name has particular cultural or public significance.
  • 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: J. P. Snyman
Triple: [Siege of Mafeking, commander, J. P. Snyman]
Generated description
J. P. Snyman was a Boer military leader best known for directing the besieging forces against the British-held town of Mafeking during the Second Boer War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. P. Snyman
Target entity description: J. P. Snyman was a Boer military leader best known for directing the besieging forces against the British-held town of Mafeking during the Second Boer War.
  • A. Handré Pollard
    Handré Pollard is a South African rugby union fly-half renowned for his pivotal role in the Springboks’ World Cup–winning campaigns and his accurate goal-kicking under pressure.
  • B. Riaan Louw
    Riaan Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Louw.
  • C. Darrell Roodt
    Darrell Roodt is a South African film director known for socially conscious dramas that often explore apartheid and its legacy, including the acclaimed musical film "Sarafina!".
  • D. Stephan Louw
    Stephan Louw is a Namibian long jumper who has represented his country in international athletics competitions, including the Olympic Games.
  • E. Jaco Louw
    Jaco Louw is a notable individual bearing the Afrikaans surname Louw, recognized within contexts where the name has particular cultural or public significance.
  • 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_69bd43f3d6e08190a91824f833d51bbe completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd579f27ac8190ae9a4252109e56e1 completed March 20, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdace3a81c8190963ea65fa3df23c0 completed March 20, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdad6a522c8190a490347d3fe623e8 completed March 20, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdadd612a48190b088fe6ac894dbb5 completed March 20, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.