Triple
T5238736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South African Republic |
E118286
|
entity |
| Predicate | modernTerritoryNowIn |
P9066
|
FINISHED |
| Object | North West Province, South Africa |
E104698
|
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: North West Province, South Africa | Statement: [South African Republic, modernTerritoryNowIn, North West Province, South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North West Province, South Africa Context triple: [South African Republic, modernTerritoryNowIn, North West Province, South Africa]
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A.
North West Province
chosen
North West Province is a largely rural, mining- and agriculture-focused province in north-central South Africa, bordering Botswana and known for sites such as Sun City and the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.
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B.
Limpopo Province
Limpopo Province is South Africa’s northernmost province, known for its rich wildlife, cultural diversity, and extensive agricultural and mining activities.
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C.
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a coastal province in eastern South Africa known for its Zulu cultural heritage, major cities like Durban and Pietermaritzburg, and diverse landscapes ranging from beaches to the Drakensberg mountains.
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D.
Mbuzini, South Africa
Mbuzini, South Africa is a rural village near the border with Mozambique best known as the site of the 1986 plane crash that killed Mozambican president Samora Machel.
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E.
Natal, South Africa
Natal, South Africa was a former British colony and later a province on the country’s eastern coast, centered around the port city of Durban and known for its diverse population and sugarcane agriculture.
- 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_69bd4467db0881909b3b0982df32cc8f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd847049648190ab24693e92f0dad1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf29008b38819084e59078210626b2 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:49 p.m.