Triple
T1122890
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vereeniging |
E24651
|
entity |
| Predicate | previousProvince |
P25207
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Transvaal |
E14155
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Transvaal | Statement: [Vereeniging, previousProvince, Transvaal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transvaal Context triple: [Vereeniging, previousProvince, Transvaal]
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A.
Transvaal
chosen
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
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C.
South Rhodes
South Rhodes is a municipal unit on the island of Rhodes in Greece, known for its coastal villages, beaches, and relatively undeveloped natural landscapes.
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D.
Cape Province
Cape Province was a former large administrative region of South Africa that existed from the early 20th century until its division into several smaller provinces in 1994.
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E.
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a coastal province in eastern South Africa known for its Zulu cultural heritage, major cities like Durban and Pietermaritzburg, and diverse landscapes ranging from beaches to the Drakensberg mountains.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: previousProvince Context triple: [Vereeniging, previousProvince, Transvaal]
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A.
province
Indicates that one entity is an administrative subdivision or region (a province) governed by or belonging to another, typically larger, political or territorial entity.
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B.
servedProvince
Indicates that an entity has provided services or held jurisdictional authority over a specified province.
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C.
previousCity
Indicates that one city was the immediately preceding location visited or lived in before another city.
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D.
capitalOfProvincePreviouslyLocatedOn
Indicates that an entity serves or served as the capital city of a province that was formerly situated in a specified location.
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E.
formerMunicipalityOf
Indicates that an entity was previously an independent municipality that has since been merged into or replaced by the referenced municipality.
- 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_69a4940712c88190aa244f3fc6070a65 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bc4bc21881909dcfe628f59f3e8c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acc60fb34c819085dd801f7364829a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4bb4749ac8190b0fbddac2e9b2586 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a4bc47fce48190825d3a877251f789 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.