Triple
T5956927
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Walter Sisulu |
E132538
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Ngcobo, located in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural town in the Eastern Cape historically associated with anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu.
|
E558573
|
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: Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa | Statement: [Walter Sisulu, placeOfBirth, Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa Context triple: [Walter Sisulu, placeOfBirth, Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa]
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A.
Mbewuleni, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Mbewuleni, in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural village best known as the birthplace of future South African president Thabo Mbeki.
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B.
Cape Provincial Council
The Cape Provincial Council was the elected legislative body that governed South Africa’s former Cape Province under the country’s provincial system before its reorganization in 1994.
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C.
Lichtenburg, Transvaal
Lichtenburg, Transvaal was a town in the former Transvaal province of South Africa, historically notable as a rural Boer settlement and later for its role in regional agriculture and diamond discoveries.
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D.
Stanger, Natal, South Africa
Stanger, Natal, South Africa (now known as KwaDukuza) is a town on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast notable as a regional commercial center with historical significance in South African politics and Indian-South African heritage.
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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. 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: Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa Triple: [Walter Sisulu, placeOfBirth, Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa]
Generated description
Ngcobo, located in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural town in the Eastern Cape historically associated with anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa Target entity description: Ngcobo, located in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural town in the Eastern Cape historically associated with anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu.
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A.
Mbewuleni, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Mbewuleni, in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural village best known as the birthplace of future South African president Thabo Mbeki.
-
B.
Cape Provincial Council
The Cape Provincial Council was the elected legislative body that governed South Africa’s former Cape Province under the country’s provincial system before its reorganization in 1994.
-
C.
Lichtenburg, Transvaal
Lichtenburg, Transvaal was a town in the former Transvaal province of South Africa, historically notable as a rural Boer settlement and later for its role in regional agriculture and diamond discoveries.
-
D.
Stanger, Natal, South Africa
Stanger, Natal, South Africa (now known as KwaDukuza) is a town on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast notable as a regional commercial center with historical significance in South African politics and Indian-South African heritage.
-
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. 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_69c0086b05cc8190a8f36a96927a525c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c039c34ca881909a219eddf99348ab |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0e3dd99888190ac3eeef692a7d879 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 6:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0ed9c53d4819082c661cdd2d26612 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 7:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0ee2ffbc88190a256b5cb8a98f382 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 7:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:02 p.m.