Triple
T11459535
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Quartus de Wet |
E271615
|
entity |
| Predicate | presidedOver |
P1766
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Trial of Govan Mbeki |
E877329
|
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: Trial of Govan Mbeki | Statement: [Quartus de Wet, presidedOver, Trial of Govan Mbeki]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trial of Govan Mbeki Context triple: [Quartus de Wet, presidedOver, Trial of Govan Mbeki]
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A.
Treason Trial (South Africa)
chosen
The Treason Trial (South Africa) was a landmark apartheid-era legal case (1956–1961) in which 156 anti-apartheid activists, including prominent leaders of the African National Congress, were charged with treason in an attempt by the government to suppress the liberation movement.
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B.
Rivonia Trial
The Rivonia Trial was a landmark 1963–1964 South African court case in which Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders were prosecuted and ultimately sentenced to long prison terms for sabotage and related charges, drawing global attention to the struggle against apartheid.
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C.
Stompie Seipei affair
The Stompie Seipei affair refers to the notorious 1988 abduction, torture, and murder of teenage activist Stompie Seipei, a scandal that implicated members of Winnie Mandela’s security detail and deeply shook South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement.
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D.
Nkandla homestead scandal
The Nkandla homestead scandal was a major South African political controversy involving extensive, state-funded upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private residence, widely condemned as an abuse of public resources.
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E.
Xhosa cattle-killing movement
The Xhosa cattle-killing movement was a mid-19th-century millenarian prophecy-led movement among the Xhosa that called for the mass slaughter of cattle and destruction of crops in the belief it would bring about the resurrection of ancestors and the expulsion of colonial settlers, ultimately resulting in a devastating famine.
- 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_69d6aadff8888190a13f253f0d460874 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d822f2138081909408c7916cef99c9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5e911c03c819081f1447b320dd2f2 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.