Triple
T6947576
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marthinus Theunis Steyn |
E160835
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Francis William Reitz
Francis William Reitz was a prominent South African lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as president of the Orange Free State and later as state secretary of the South African Republic during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
|
E126238
|
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: Francis William Reitz | Statement: [Marthinus Theunis Steyn, predecessor, Francis William Reitz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis William Reitz Context triple: [Marthinus Theunis Steyn, predecessor, Francis William Reitz]
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A.
Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz
Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as State President of the Orange Free State and later as State Secretary of the South African Republic.
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B.
Quartus de Wet
Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
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C.
Cecil Skotnes
Cecil Skotnes was a prominent South African artist known for his innovative woodcut prints and contributions to modern African art.
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D.
De Villiers Graaff
De Villiers Graaff was a prominent South African politician who led the United Party and served as Leader of the Opposition during the apartheid era.
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E.
John Henry de Villiers
John Henry de Villiers was a prominent South African jurist who became the inaugural Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa and played a key role in shaping its early legal system.
- 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: Francis William Reitz Triple: [Marthinus Theunis Steyn, predecessor, Francis William Reitz]
Generated description
Francis William Reitz was a prominent South African lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as president of the Orange Free State and later as state secretary of the South African Republic during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis William Reitz Target entity description: Francis William Reitz was a prominent South African lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as president of the Orange Free State and later as state secretary of the South African Republic during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
A.
Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz
chosen
Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as State President of the Orange Free State and later as State Secretary of the South African Republic.
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B.
Quartus de Wet
Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
-
C.
Cecil Skotnes
Cecil Skotnes was a prominent South African artist known for his innovative woodcut prints and contributions to modern African art.
-
D.
De Villiers Graaff
De Villiers Graaff was a prominent South African politician who led the United Party and served as Leader of the Opposition during the apartheid era.
-
E.
John Henry de Villiers
John Henry de Villiers was a prominent South African jurist who became the inaugural Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa and played a key role in shaping its early legal system.
- F. None of above.
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_69c68850419081909fb426b8f5a304c7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6daabc624819091a03289241b43c8 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c75870719481908312b387a3c6ce81 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c759d65a008190a6121949651dcd5c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c75a7a0af88190abf9d1dc4efd8b29 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:28 p.m.