Triple
T7046686
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West Rand goldfields |
E163651
|
entity |
| Predicate | contains |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Randfontein gold-mining area |
E286175
|
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: Randfontein gold-mining area | Statement: [West Rand goldfields, contains, Randfontein gold-mining area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randfontein gold-mining area Context triple: [West Rand goldfields, contains, Randfontein gold-mining area]
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A.
Randfontein
chosen
Randfontein is a gold mining town in Gauteng, South Africa, situated west of Johannesburg on the West Rand.
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B.
Witwatersrand
Witwatersrand is a mineral-rich escarpment in South Africa, historically famous for its vast gold deposits and for giving its name to the country's currency and the University of the Witwatersrand.
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C.
West Rand goldfields
West Rand goldfields is a major gold-mining region on the western part of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, historically significant for its contribution to the country’s gold production.
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D.
East Rand goldfields
The East Rand goldfields are a major gold-mining region on the eastern side of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, historically significant for their contribution to the country’s gold production and urban development.
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E.
Rustenburg
Rustenburg is a city in South Africa’s North West Province known for its mining industry and as one of the venues for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- 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_69c6885f598c8190b6b6495c59d8d962 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e23a72f481909ce77ef73b06ea95 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c794429b648190b6399a2447db07d0 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:37 p.m.