Triple
T8397229
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | P. W. Botha |
E198083
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | B. J. Vorster |
E38271
|
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: B. J. Vorster | Statement: [P. W. Botha, precededBy, B. J. Vorster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B. J. Vorster Context triple: [P. W. Botha, precededBy, B. J. Vorster]
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A.
B. J. Vorster
chosen
B. J. Vorster was a South African politician who served as prime minister and later state president during the apartheid era, playing a central role in enforcing and defending the system of racial segregation.
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B.
Marthinus Vorster
Marthinus Vorster is a notable individual who shares the surname Vorster, likely recognized within a specific professional, historical, or regional context.
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C.
Adriaan Vorster
Adriaan Vorster is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Vorster.
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D.
Pieter Vorster
Pieter Vorster is a relatively obscure individual whose primary current distinction is simply being noted as a bearer of the Vorster surname.
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E.
Hendrik Verwoerd
Hendrik Verwoerd was the South African prime minister widely regarded as the chief architect of the apartheid system of racial segregation and white minority rule.
- 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb818893348190a6ea2ff6a2e3e491 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d10fff477481908c95f371d03b2189 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.