Triple

T10690857
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cecil Skotnes E252003 entity
Predicate educatedAt P5 FINISHED
Object Witwatersrand Technical Art School
Witwatersrand Technical Art School was an art education institution in Johannesburg, South Africa, known for training influential South African artists in the mid-20th century.
E879288 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: Witwatersrand Technical Art School | Statement: [Cecil Skotnes, educatedAt, Witwatersrand Technical Art School]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Witwatersrand Technical Art School
Context triple: [Cecil Skotnes, educatedAt, Witwatersrand Technical Art School]
  • A. Transvaal University College
    Transvaal University College was the early 20th-century higher education institution in South Africa that later developed into the modern University of Pretoria.
  • B. Technikon Free State
    Technikon Free State was a South African technikon that evolved into the Central University of Technology, focusing on career-oriented and technological higher education.
  • C. South African College
    South African College was the 19th-century educational institution in Cape Town that evolved into the modern University of Cape Town.
  • D. Johannesburg Indian High School
    Johannesburg Indian High School was a segregated secondary school in Johannesburg that educated many Indian South Africans, including anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada.
  • E. University of the Witwatersrand
    The University of the Witwatersrand is a leading South African public research university in Johannesburg, renowned for its strong academic programs and significant role in the country’s political and intellectual history.
  • 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: Witwatersrand Technical Art School
Triple: [Cecil Skotnes, educatedAt, Witwatersrand Technical Art School]
Generated description
Witwatersrand Technical Art School was an art education institution in Johannesburg, South Africa, known for training influential South African artists in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Witwatersrand Technical Art School
Target entity description: Witwatersrand Technical Art School was an art education institution in Johannesburg, South Africa, known for training influential South African artists in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Transvaal University College
    Transvaal University College was the early 20th-century higher education institution in South Africa that later developed into the modern University of Pretoria.
  • B. Technikon Free State
    Technikon Free State was a South African technikon that evolved into the Central University of Technology, focusing on career-oriented and technological higher education.
  • C. South African College
    South African College was the 19th-century educational institution in Cape Town that evolved into the modern University of Cape Town.
  • D. Johannesburg Indian High School
    Johannesburg Indian High School was a segregated secondary school in Johannesburg that educated many Indian South Africans, including anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada.
  • E. University of the Witwatersrand
    The University of the Witwatersrand is a leading South African public research university in Johannesburg, renowned for its strong academic programs and significant role in the country’s political and intellectual history.
  • 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_69d6aa5bd7c08190a816e733b4045c23 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6fd3705788190bcbdef93b4c5f574 completed April 9, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d988a59d6c8190a0e170acfb3af6da completed April 10, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d98aeb82988190a17b009c74279423 completed April 10, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d98c2aae048190b348e5614ff23f03 completed April 10, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:11 p.m.