Triple

T11605578
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henri van Breda E275248 entity
Predicate familyNameOfVictims P66749 FINISHED
Object van Breda family
The van Breda family is a South African family that became widely known after several of its members were murdered in a high-profile axe attack in 2015.
E936975 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: van Breda family | Statement: [Henri van Breda, familyNameOfVictims, van Breda family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: van Breda family
Context triple: [Henri van Breda, familyNameOfVictims, van Breda family]
  • A. Pretorius family
    The Pretorius family is a prominent South African Afrikaner lineage historically influential in the politics and leadership of the Boer republics.
  • B. Buxhoeveden family
    The Buxhoeveden family is a Baltic German noble lineage historically prominent in Livonia, producing influential clerics, military leaders, and administrators in the medieval and early modern periods.
  • C. Van Zuylen family
    The Van Zuylen family is a Dutch noble lineage historically associated with and patron of Kasteel de Haar, one of the Netherlands’ most prominent castles.
  • D. Alberdingk Thijm family
    The Alberdingk Thijm family is a notable Dutch family known for its cultural and literary contributions in the Netherlands.
  • E. Van Slingelandt family
    The Van Slingelandt family is a notable Dutch patrician lineage historically influential in politics and public administration in the Netherlands.
  • 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: van Breda family
Triple: [Henri van Breda, familyNameOfVictims, van Breda family]
Generated description
The van Breda family is a South African family that became widely known after several of its members were murdered in a high-profile axe attack in 2015.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: van Breda family
Target entity description: The van Breda family is a South African family that became widely known after several of its members were murdered in a high-profile axe attack in 2015.
  • A. Pretorius family
    The Pretorius family is a prominent South African Afrikaner lineage historically influential in the politics and leadership of the Boer republics.
  • B. Buxhoeveden family
    The Buxhoeveden family is a Baltic German noble lineage historically prominent in Livonia, producing influential clerics, military leaders, and administrators in the medieval and early modern periods.
  • C. Van Zuylen family
    The Van Zuylen family is a Dutch noble lineage historically associated with and patron of Kasteel de Haar, one of the Netherlands’ most prominent castles.
  • D. Alberdingk Thijm family
    The Alberdingk Thijm family is a notable Dutch family known for its cultural and literary contributions in the Netherlands.
  • E. Van Slingelandt family
    The Van Slingelandt family is a notable Dutch patrician lineage historically influential in politics and public administration in the Netherlands.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: familyNameOfVictims
Context triple: [Henri van Breda, familyNameOfVictims, van Breda family]
  • A. mainVictims
    Indicates that the related entities are the primary or principal targets harmed or affected by an action, event, or perpetrator.
  • B. notableVictims
    Indicates that the object is a person or group who is especially well-known or significant as a victim of the subject.
  • C. memorializesVictimsFrom
    Indicates that something serves as a memorial specifically honoring victims originating from a particular place or event.
  • D. notableVictim
    Indicates that the subject is a person or entity who is notably recognized as a victim of the object (such as an event, crime, or harmful action).
  • E. familyNameIn chosen
    Indicates that an entity has a specified family name (surname) in a particular language or cultural context.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d6aaf84b548190ac072e4fb89ae18f completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d895502e0081909ee9c3d45d26cd91 completed April 10, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ee871c3dbc8190922d125a04a9ee98 completed April 26, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ee9cf1cb2481908bc473c87bc42d60 completed April 26, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69eecd31894481908dbd55f605c693f9 completed April 27, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d85dd20d188190863d1190d4c16048 completed April 10, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.