Triple

T10289192
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jacoba E241315 entity
Predicate hasShortForm P43 FINISHED
Object Cobus (in some Afrikaans contexts as related form)
Cobus is an Afrikaans given name, typically a masculine form historically related to names like Jacob or Jacoba.
 E852237 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: Cobus (in some Afrikaans contexts as related form) | Statement: [Jacoba, hasShortForm, Cobus (in some Afrikaans contexts as related form)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cobus (in some Afrikaans contexts as related form)
Context triple: [Jacoba, hasShortForm, Cobus (in some Afrikaans contexts as related form)]
  • A. Northeast Coast Bantu languages
    The Northeast Coast Bantu languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken along the eastern African coast, including varieties used in parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
  • B. uThukela (Zulu)
    uThukela (Zulu) is the Zulu-language name for the uThukela District Municipality in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, an area named after the Tugela River.
  • C. Pan South African Language Board
    The Pan South African Language Board is a statutory body in South Africa responsible for promoting and protecting the country’s official and indigenous languages, including Zulu.
  • D. Southwest Bantu
    Southwest Bantu is a subgroup of the Bantu language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in southwestern Africa.
  • E. Southern Bantu languages
    Southern Bantu languages are a major branch of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in southern Africa, including well-known languages such as Zulu, Xhosa, and Shona.
  • 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: Cobus (in some Afrikaans contexts as related form)
Triple: [Jacoba, hasShortForm, Cobus (in some Afrikaans contexts as related form)]
Generated description
Cobus is an Afrikaans given name, typically a masculine form historically related to names like Jacob or Jacoba.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cobus (in some Afrikaans contexts as related form)
Target entity description: Cobus is an Afrikaans given name, typically a masculine form historically related to names like Jacob or Jacoba.
  • A. Northeast Coast Bantu languages
    The Northeast Coast Bantu languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken along the eastern African coast, including varieties used in parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
  • B. uThukela (Zulu)
    uThukela (Zulu) is the Zulu-language name for the uThukela District Municipality in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, an area named after the Tugela River.
  • C. Pan South African Language Board
    The Pan South African Language Board is a statutory body in South Africa responsible for promoting and protecting the country’s official and indigenous languages, including Zulu.
  • D. Southwest Bantu
    Southwest Bantu is a subgroup of the Bantu language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in southwestern Africa.
  • E. Southern Bantu languages
    Southern Bantu languages are a major branch of the Bantu language family spoken primarily in southern Africa, including well-known languages such as Zulu, Xhosa, and Shona.
  • 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_69d381aaafc08190af475ef58dc16aba completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d2b9d76c8190b1ef6ecf4c1a2a09 completed April 7, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6f8556f4081908390bc5c14dcf560 completed April 9, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6fcaee26c8190a19f7d07a63531f6 completed April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6fd879ab88190b0a47295f5d7ad4d completed April 9, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:41 a.m.