Triple
T10539914
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ben Viljoen |
E248667
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ben Viljoen |
E248667
|
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: Ben Viljoen | Statement: [Ben Viljoen, name, Ben Viljoen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Viljoen Context triple: [Ben Viljoen, name, Ben Viljoen]
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A.
Ben Viljoen
chosen
Ben Viljoen was a prominent Boer general and political figure who played a key leadership role in the Second Boer War against the British.
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B.
Marais Viljoen
Marais Viljoen was a South African politician who served as the last ceremonial State President before the establishment of the executive presidency under P.W. Botha.
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C.
Werner Louw
Werner Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Louw.
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D.
Andries Treurnicht
Andries Treurnicht was a prominent South African politician and staunch defender of apartheid who led a right-wing breakaway from the ruling National Party.
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E.
Stephanus Schoeman
Stephanus Schoeman was a 19th-century Boer military and political leader who briefly headed the South African Republic during its early, turbulent years.
- 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_69d381c733c08190ab1dd6239f5f34ae |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d50a582be48190856c6f272eea4dcf |
completed | April 7, 2026, 1:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d9341d96c08190a6ba644b9acfe2c8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:32 p.m.