Triple
T10100029
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Earl of Athlone |
E216175
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (acting) |
E218814
|
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: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (acting) | Statement: [The Earl of Athlone, positionHeld, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (acting)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (acting) Context triple: [The Earl of Athlone, positionHeld, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (acting)]
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A.
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
chosen
The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in South Africa from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961.
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B.
Vice President of the South African Republic
The Vice President of the South African Republic was a senior political office in the former Boer republic, serving as the second-highest executive authority after the State President.
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C.
President of the Orange Free State
The President of the Orange Free State was the head of state and government of the former independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of state for the semi-autonomous federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in southern Africa during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Governor of Natal
The Governor of Natal was the British colonial official who served as the monarch’s representative and chief administrator in the Colony of Natal prior to its incorporation into 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_69ca83d039f08190b9d10363221c69fb |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdd07d686481908d9bb91392954474 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2b6cb50b08190a0ff42c60d338c79 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:02 p.m.