Triple
T687201
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | D. F. Malan |
E13309
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Maria Louw
Maria Louw was the wife of D. F. Malan, the South African prime minister and key architect of apartheid-era policies.
|
E85269
|
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: Maria Louw | Statement: [D. F. Malan, spouse, Maria Louw]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Louw Context triple: [D. F. Malan, spouse, Maria Louw]
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A.
Geytie Maria du Plessis
Geytie Maria du Plessis was the wife of Paul Kruger, the influential 19th-century president of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
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B.
Bridgette Radebe
Bridgette Radebe is a South African mining entrepreneur and businesswoman, recognized as one of the country’s first black female mine owners and a prominent figure in the mining industry.
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C.
Annie Botha
Annie Botha was the wife of South African statesman and first Prime Minister Louis Botha, known for her role as a political hostess and supporter during his leadership in the early 20th century.
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D.
Precious Moloi-Motsepe
Precious Moloi-Motsepe is a South African physician and fashion entrepreneur best known for founding African Fashion International and her philanthropic work in education and women's empowerment.
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E.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
- 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: Maria Louw Triple: [D. F. Malan, spouse, Maria Louw]
Generated description
Maria Louw was the wife of D. F. Malan, the South African prime minister and key architect of apartheid-era policies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Louw Target entity description: Maria Louw was the wife of D. F. Malan, the South African prime minister and key architect of apartheid-era policies.
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A.
Geytie Maria du Plessis
Geytie Maria du Plessis was the wife of Paul Kruger, the influential 19th-century president of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
-
B.
Bridgette Radebe
Bridgette Radebe is a South African mining entrepreneur and businesswoman, recognized as one of the country’s first black female mine owners and a prominent figure in the mining industry.
-
C.
Annie Botha
Annie Botha was the wife of South African statesman and first Prime Minister Louis Botha, known for her role as a political hostess and supporter during his leadership in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Precious Moloi-Motsepe
Precious Moloi-Motsepe is a South African physician and fashion entrepreneur best known for founding African Fashion International and her philanthropic work in education and women's empowerment.
-
E.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
- 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_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_69a5dca352248190a3e1b4e4c58a1e7f |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5dd2e39808190ab116593299a94f8 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5fe3bb2a08190a01ce2ed8b52ee4a |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.