Triple
T10183887
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A.B. Xuma |
E236858
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alfred Bitini Xuma |
E236858
|
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: Alfred Bitini Xuma | Statement: [A.B. Xuma, fullName, Alfred Bitini Xuma]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Bitini Xuma Context triple: [A.B. Xuma, fullName, Alfred Bitini Xuma]
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A.
A.B. Xuma
chosen
A.B. Xuma was a prominent South African medical doctor and anti-apartheid leader who served as president of the African National Congress in the 1940s.
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B.
Dumisa Ntsebeza
Dumisa Ntsebeza is a South African lawyer, human rights advocate, and former Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioner known for his work on transitional justice and constitutional law.
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C.
Lobengula Khumalo
Lobengula Khumalo was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
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D.
Oupa Johannes Mafanyana Seakamela
Oupa Johannes Mafanyana Seakamela was the first husband of Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, and the father of some of her children.
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E.
Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa
Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa was a South African chief and the father of Nelson Mandela, making him the paternal great-grandfather of Zindzi Mandela.
- 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_69ca84d7260c8190bfbec36762943f37 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cded3566f881909e0d1366f501d554 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d3179b9de88190ba3beb7d6dbf7ad3 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 2:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:12 p.m.