Triple
T687166
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | D. F. Malan |
E13309
|
entity |
| Predicate | countryOfCitizenship |
P2
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Union of South Africa |
E3669
|
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: Union of South Africa | Statement: [D. F. Malan, countryOfCitizenship, Union of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union of South Africa Context triple: [D. F. Malan, countryOfCitizenship, Union of South Africa]
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A.
South Africa
chosen
South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
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B.
Cape Colony
Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
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C.
Zulu Kingdom
The Zulu Kingdom was a powerful 19th-century southern African monarchy known for its centralized military system, expansion under King Shaka, and major conflicts with British colonial powers.
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D.
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
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E.
Transvaal
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69a4933e0f98819097d22766c49b61b8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a093ac988190bb339616a3ed5adb |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d6ed1f881909fea81ce4308075b |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.