Triple
T5770061
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas François Burgers |
E127309
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | President of the South African Republic |
E123379
|
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: President of the South African Republic | Statement: [Thomas François Burgers, positionHeld, President of the South African Republic]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: President of the South African Republic Context triple: [Thomas François Burgers, positionHeld, President of the South African Republic]
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A.
State President of the South African Republic
chosen
The State President of the South African Republic was the highest executive and political office of the independent Boer republic also known as the Transvaal, responsible for leading its government and representing it in domestic and international affairs.
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B.
President of the Orange Free State
The President of the Orange Free State was the head of state and government of the former independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Vice President of the South African Republic
The Vice President of the South African Republic was a senior political office in the former Boer republic, serving as the second-highest executive authority after the State President.
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D.
President of South Africa
The President of South Africa is the country’s head of state and head of government, elected by the National Assembly to lead the executive branch and represent the nation domestically and internationally.
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E.
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in South Africa from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961.
- 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_69c00834f6308190851b0abeddd8ed7e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c029aa877c8190bf6a944f18cca3b8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07e61127c8190833e279403af6605 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:50 p.m.