Triple
T9982200
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J. G. Strydom |
E196480
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | D. F. Malan |
E13309
|
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: D. F. Malan | Statement: [J. G. Strydom, precededBy, D. F. Malan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. F. Malan Context triple: [J. G. Strydom, precededBy, D. F. Malan]
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A.
D. F. Malan
chosen
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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B.
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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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.
Hendrik Klopper
Hendrik Klopper was a South African Army officer and World War II general best known for his leadership of Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Tobruk.
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E.
Louis Botha
Louis Botha was a prominent Boer military leader who became the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.
- 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_69ca82efbce081908179b4b9c65096eb |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb8bca41081909c04fb77603403b9 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d299f2a8908190a3a483350af0b5a9 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 5:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:49 p.m.