Triple
T8151027
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Welkom |
E190332
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Witwatersrand goldfields |
E31839
|
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: Witwatersrand goldfields | Statement: [Welkom, partOf, Witwatersrand goldfields]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Witwatersrand goldfields Context triple: [Welkom, partOf, Witwatersrand goldfields]
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A.
Witwatersrand
chosen
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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B.
Cullinan mine
Cullinan mine is a famous South African diamond mine renowned as the source of some of the world's largest and most historically significant diamonds, including major stones cut from the Cullinan diamond.
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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.
Witbank coalfield
The Witbank coalfield is one of South Africa’s most important and productive coal mining regions, supplying a large share of the country’s thermal coal for power generation and export.
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E.
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.
- 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_69ca82be7ba8819087de0147e9292c83 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4481f19c8190aeec9bf029ad321b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ccbeef189081909f45b8d2aea74225 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:37 p.m.