Triple
T1078961
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | President of South Africa |
E23902
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessorOffice |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
State President of South Africa
The State President of South Africa was the former head of state position during the apartheid era, preceding the modern office of the President of South Africa.
|
E127349
|
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: State President of South Africa | Statement: [President of South Africa, predecessorOffice, State President of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State President of South Africa Context triple: [President of South Africa, predecessorOffice, State President of South Africa]
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A.
President of South Africa
The President of South Africa is the country’s head of state and head of government, elected by the National Assembly to lead the executive branch and represent the nation domestically and internationally.
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B.
State President of the South African Republic
The State President of the South African Republic was the highest executive and political office of the independent Boer republic also known as the Transvaal, responsible for leading its government and representing it in domestic and international affairs.
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C.
Chief Justice of South Africa
The Chief Justice of South Africa is the country’s highest-ranking judicial officer, serving as head of the judiciary and presiding over its apex court.
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D.
President of Zimbabwe
The President of Zimbabwe is the country's head of state and government, wielding executive authority over the nation and its political institutions.
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E.
President of Botswana
The President of Botswana is the country’s executive head of state and government, responsible for leading the national administration and representing Botswana domestically and internationally.
- 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: State President of South Africa Triple: [President of South Africa, predecessorOffice, State President of South Africa]
Generated description
The State President of South Africa was the former head of state position during the apartheid era, preceding the modern office of the President of South Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State President of South Africa Target entity description: The State President of South Africa was the former head of state position during the apartheid era, preceding the modern office of the President of South Africa.
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A.
President of South Africa
The President of South Africa is the country’s head of state and head of government, elected by the National Assembly to lead the executive branch and represent the nation domestically and internationally.
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B.
State President of the South African Republic
The State President of the South African Republic was the highest executive and political office of the independent Boer republic also known as the Transvaal, responsible for leading its government and representing it in domestic and international affairs.
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C.
Chief Justice of South Africa
The Chief Justice of South Africa is the country’s highest-ranking judicial officer, serving as head of the judiciary and presiding over its apex court.
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D.
President of Zimbabwe
The President of Zimbabwe is the country's head of state and government, wielding executive authority over the nation and its political institutions.
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E.
President of Botswana
The President of Botswana is the country’s executive head of state and government, responsible for leading the national administration and representing Botswana domestically and internationally.
- 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_69a493f1ddf48190a99d54b00e99f8ce |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b943b41481909b24050ca7e78971 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac4c2247888190a7ab75b447b4773f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac4d8f37f48190ad8a762a6ee9e5e8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac4dea94e0819094d05e0b2c97b03e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.