Triple

T84810
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Afrikaners E1706 entity
Predicate foundingFigure P446 FINISHED
Object Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who established the first permanent European settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, laying the foundations for later Afrikaner society in South Africa.
E12847 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Jan van Riebeeck | Statement: [Afrikaners, foundingFigure, Jan van Riebeeck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan van Riebeeck
Context triple: [Afrikaners, foundingFigure, Jan van Riebeeck]
  • A. Henry Hudson
    Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
  • B. Willem
    Willem is a given name, primarily used in Dutch-speaking regions, that corresponds to the English name William.
  • C. Woodes Rogers
    Woodes Rogers was an English sea captain and privateer who became famous for his circumnavigation of the globe and later served as the first royal governor of the Bahamas, where he worked to suppress piracy.
  • D. Samuel Maverick
    Samuel Maverick was a young Boston apprentice who became one of the five colonists killed in the 1770 Boston Massacre, later remembered as an early martyr of the American Revolution.
  • E. Willem Kieft
    Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
  • 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: Jan van Riebeeck
Triple: [Afrikaners, foundingFigure, Jan van Riebeeck]
Generated description
Jan van Riebeeck was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who established the first permanent European settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, laying the foundations for later Afrikaner society in South Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan van Riebeeck
Target entity description: Jan van Riebeeck was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who established the first permanent European settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, laying the foundations for later Afrikaner society in South Africa.
  • A. Henry Hudson
    Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
  • B. Willem
    Willem is a given name, primarily used in Dutch-speaking regions, that corresponds to the English name William.
  • C. Woodes Rogers
    Woodes Rogers was an English sea captain and privateer who became famous for his circumnavigation of the globe and later served as the first royal governor of the Bahamas, where he worked to suppress piracy.
  • D. Samuel Maverick
    Samuel Maverick was a young Boston apprentice who became one of the five colonists killed in the 1770 Boston Massacre, later remembered as an early martyr of the American Revolution.
  • E. Willem Kieft
    Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: foundingFigure
Context triple: [Afrikaners, foundingFigure, Jan van Riebeeck]
  • A. founder
    Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.
  • B. historicalFigure
    Indicates that an entity is recognized as a notable person from the past who played a significant role in history.
  • C. pioneerOf
    Indicates that an entity was among the first to develop, introduce, or significantly advance another entity, concept, or practice.
  • D. foundingMember chosen
    Indicates that an entity is one of the original creators or initial participants involved in establishing another entity, such as an organization, group, or project.
  • E. foundedWith
    Indicates that an entity was established or created together with another entity, typically as co-founders or jointly initiated partners.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a24c8150408190910a693eb51c1f71 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a250e401288190ba12322c9c5f07c9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a29178a7348190a8cb9096ddc7c53e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a293f9536c8190a261c48d5d8c66a6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a294ee818081909713af424cbd53d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24eb59e808190811c20518f39b1cc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.