Triple
T5771977
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kgalema Motlanthe |
E127350
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thabo Mbeki |
E53850
|
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: Thabo Mbeki | Statement: [Kgalema Motlanthe, precededBy, Thabo Mbeki]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thabo Mbeki Context triple: [Kgalema Motlanthe, precededBy, Thabo Mbeki]
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A.
Thabo Mbeki
chosen
Thabo Mbeki is a South African politician who served as the country’s second post-apartheid president, known for his role in economic reform and controversial stance on HIV/AIDS.
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B.
Kgalema Motlanthe
Kgalema Motlanthe is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who briefly served as the country's president from 2008 to 2009.
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C.
Govan Mbeki
Govan Mbeki was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, intellectual, and African National Congress leader who played a key role in the liberation struggle and later served in the post-apartheid government.
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D.
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served as the country’s president from 2009 to 2018 and was widely associated with corruption scandals and state capture allegations.
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E.
Frank Chikane
Frank Chikane is a South African anti-apartheid activist, pastor, and politician who became a prominent leader in the struggle against apartheid and later served in senior government and church leadership roles.
- 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_69c029adda188190a5c26c363614145f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0bfa363208190aac75f028fb7a630 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:50 p.m.