Triple
T6974972
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tanzania–Zambia Railway |
E161693
|
entity |
| Predicate | avoidsDependenceOn |
P17548
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
South African ports
South African ports are major maritime gateways on Africa’s southern coast that handle significant regional and international trade, particularly for landlocked and neighboring countries.
|
E633693
|
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: South African ports | Statement: [Tanzania–Zambia Railway, avoidsDependenceOn, South African ports]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African ports Context triple: [Tanzania–Zambia Railway, avoidsDependenceOn, South African ports]
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A.
Port of Benoni
The Port of Benoni is a key ferry and passenger gateway on Camiguin Island in the Philippines, serving as one of the island’s main entry and exit points to nearby provinces.
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B.
Port of Durban
The Port of Durban is Africa’s busiest and largest container port, serving as a major gateway for maritime trade on the east coast of South Africa.
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C.
Port of Ngqura
The Port of Ngqura is a deep-water commercial seaport near Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) in South Africa, serving as a major container and transshipment hub on the country’s southeastern coast.
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D.
Port of Port Elizabeth
The Port of Port Elizabeth is a major South African seaport on Algoa Bay that handles containers, bulk cargo, and automotive exports, serving as a key hub for regional and international trade.
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E.
South African Ports Act
The South African Ports Act is the primary national legislation that regulates and oversees the management, operation, and development of the country’s commercial seaports.
- 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: South African ports Triple: [Tanzania–Zambia Railway, avoidsDependenceOn, South African ports]
Generated description
South African ports are major maritime gateways on Africa’s southern coast that handle significant regional and international trade, particularly for landlocked and neighboring countries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African ports Target entity description: South African ports are major maritime gateways on Africa’s southern coast that handle significant regional and international trade, particularly for landlocked and neighboring countries.
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A.
Port of Benoni
The Port of Benoni is a key ferry and passenger gateway on Camiguin Island in the Philippines, serving as one of the island’s main entry and exit points to nearby provinces.
-
B.
Port of Durban
The Port of Durban is Africa’s busiest and largest container port, serving as a major gateway for maritime trade on the east coast of South Africa.
-
C.
Port of Ngqura
The Port of Ngqura is a deep-water commercial seaport near Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) in South Africa, serving as a major container and transshipment hub on the country’s southeastern coast.
-
D.
Port of Port Elizabeth
The Port of Port Elizabeth is a major South African seaport on Algoa Bay that handles containers, bulk cargo, and automotive exports, serving as a key hub for regional and international trade.
-
E.
South African Ports Act
The South African Ports Act is the primary national legislation that regulates and oversees the management, operation, and development of the country’s commercial seaports.
- 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_69c68854a0d88190bc0bf82263f1afce |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e1d144648190b7e6558246b013e3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c761a6bbdc81908c96871f151db279 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7639074f48190bc095f18fc35c08b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c76435fd2c819099143ea12f21d095 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:31 p.m.