Triple
T84842
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Afrikaners |
E1706
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableHistoricalLeader |
P643
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
D. F. Malan
D. F. Malan was a South African prime minister and National Party leader best known for formally instituting and entrenching the apartheid system.
|
E13309
|
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: D. F. Malan | Statement: [Afrikaners, notableHistoricalLeader, D. F. Malan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. F. Malan Context triple: [Afrikaners, notableHistoricalLeader, D. F. Malan]
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A.
Louis Botha
Louis Botha was a prominent Boer military leader who became the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
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B.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
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C.
J. B. M. Hertzog
J. B. M. Hertzog was a prominent early 20th-century South African prime minister and nationalist politician who championed Afrikaner interests and greater autonomy from the British Empire.
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D.
Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan de Wet was a prominent Boer general and guerrilla leader renowned for his daring and highly effective campaigns against British forces during the Second Boer War.
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E.
Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger was a prominent Boer political and military leader who served as President of the South African Republic and became a central figure in resistance against British rule during the late 19th century.
- 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: D. F. Malan Triple: [Afrikaners, notableHistoricalLeader, D. F. Malan]
Generated description
D. F. Malan was a South African prime minister and National Party leader best known for formally instituting and entrenching the apartheid system.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. F. Malan Target entity description: D. F. Malan was a South African prime minister and National Party leader best known for formally instituting and entrenching the apartheid system.
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A.
Louis Botha
Louis Botha was a prominent Boer military leader who became the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
-
B.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
-
C.
J. B. M. Hertzog
J. B. M. Hertzog was a prominent early 20th-century South African prime minister and nationalist politician who championed Afrikaner interests and greater autonomy from the British Empire.
-
D.
Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan de Wet was a prominent Boer general and guerrilla leader renowned for his daring and highly effective campaigns against British forces during the Second Boer War.
-
E.
Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger was a prominent Boer political and military leader who served as President of the South African Republic and became a central figure in resistance against British rule during the late 19th century.
- 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_69a24c8150408190910a693eb51c1f71 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2567dd770819088eb77ffc6d2d1cf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2981ed378819099ef3fbff2236a94 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a298822e7c8190b37a31a9cc19bc54 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a298f38e4881908210642539f15378 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:27 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.