Triple
T11681014
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | eastern frontier of the Cape Colony |
E277612
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Grahamstown |
E376901
|
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: Grahamstown | Statement: [eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, associatedWith, Grahamstown]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grahamstown Context triple: [eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, associatedWith, Grahamstown]
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A.
Grahamstown
chosen
Grahamstown is a historic university town in South Africa, renowned for its colonial-era architecture and the annual National Arts Festival.
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B.
Uitenhage
Uitenhage is a South African town in the Eastern Cape known historically for its automotive industry and as part of the greater Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) urban area.
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C.
Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg is a major city in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, historically significant as a colonial administrative center and now known for its Victorian architecture and role as a regional economic and educational hub.
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D.
Beaufort West
Beaufort West is a historic service and transport hub in South Africa’s semi-arid Karoo region, known as a gateway town on the N1 route between Cape Town and the interior.
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E.
Winburg
Winburg is a small historic town in South Africa’s Free State province, known as one of the country’s oldest Voortrekker settlements.
- 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a461b0908190bef4e1c6777affcf |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ef83098e2c819081c22462372f64b4 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 3:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.