Triple
T11976323
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Emfuleni Local Municipality |
E285048
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasResidentialTownship |
P22464
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sharpeville |
E957915
|
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: Sharpeville | Statement: [Emfuleni Local Municipality, hasResidentialTownship, Sharpeville]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sharpeville Context triple: [Emfuleni Local Municipality, hasResidentialTownship, Sharpeville]
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A.
Sharpeville
chosen
Sharpeville is a South African township historically known as the site of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, a pivotal event in the struggle against apartheid.
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B.
Sharpeville massacre
The Sharpeville massacre was a 1960 incident in South Africa in which police opened fire on a peaceful anti–pass laws protest, killing 69 people and marking a turning point in the struggle against apartheid.
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C.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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D.
Rivonia
Rivonia is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, known for its role in the anti-apartheid struggle and as the site of the historic Rivonia Trial arrests.
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E.
Soweto Uprising
The Soweto Uprising was a 1976 student-led protest in the Soweto township of South Africa against apartheid education policies, which became a pivotal moment in the struggle against apartheid.
- 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d915124e4c8190b0264c2a09e3c2f3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f49d0791348190a2f6c0e808af3aea |
completed | May 1, 2026, 12:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.