Triple
T5988452
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Sobukwe |
E133284
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sobukwe
Sobukwe is the surname most prominently associated with Robert Sobukwe, a leading South African anti-apartheid activist and founding president of the Pan Africanist Congress.
|
E569737
|
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: Sobukwe | Statement: [Robert Sobukwe, familyName, Sobukwe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sobukwe Context triple: [Robert Sobukwe, familyName, Sobukwe]
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A.
Lobengula Khumalo
Lobengula Khumalo was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
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B.
Moses Kotane
Moses Kotane was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader, long-time secretary-general of the South African Communist Party, and senior African National Congress figure.
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C.
Dumisa Ntsebeza
Dumisa Ntsebeza is a South African lawyer, human rights advocate, and former Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioner known for his work on transitional justice and constitutional law.
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D.
Moses Mabhida
Moses Mabhida was a prominent South African trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist who served as a senior leader of the African National Congress.
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E.
Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa
Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa was a South African chief and the father of Nelson Mandela, making him the paternal great-grandfather of Zindzi Mandela.
- 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: Sobukwe Triple: [Robert Sobukwe, familyName, Sobukwe]
Generated description
Sobukwe is the surname most prominently associated with Robert Sobukwe, a leading South African anti-apartheid activist and founding president of the Pan Africanist Congress.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sobukwe Target entity description: Sobukwe is the surname most prominently associated with Robert Sobukwe, a leading South African anti-apartheid activist and founding president of the Pan Africanist Congress.
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A.
Lobengula Khumalo
Lobengula Khumalo was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
-
B.
Moses Kotane
Moses Kotane was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader, long-time secretary-general of the South African Communist Party, and senior African National Congress figure.
-
C.
Dumisa Ntsebeza
Dumisa Ntsebeza is a South African lawyer, human rights advocate, and former Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioner known for his work on transitional justice and constitutional law.
-
D.
Moses Mabhida
Moses Mabhida was a prominent South African trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist who served as a senior leader of the African National Congress.
-
E.
Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa
Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa was a South African chief and the father of Nelson Mandela, making him the paternal great-grandfather of Zindzi Mandela.
- 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_69c0087010d081908bb8142342d63330 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c04dc51d948190bacf4c40a73e91b2 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c1250912b48190a10dfdcc9b5a93e2 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c129f2d84481908808481ba48a5aed |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c12a5235288190a8db827e1a610cd0 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:04 p.m.