Triple
T12096023
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cango Caves |
E288072
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jacobus van Zyl
Jacobus van Zyl was the early explorer credited with first discovering and bringing to wider attention South Africa’s famous Cango Caves.
|
E982044
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Jacobus van Zyl | Statement: [Cango Caves, discoveredBy, Jacobus van Zyl]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacobus van Zyl Context triple: [Cango Caves, discoveredBy, Jacobus van Zyl]
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A.
Adriaan van Zyl
Adriaan van Zyl is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Pact."
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B.
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
Petrus Jacobus "Piet" Joubert was a prominent 19th-century Boer military leader and politician who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
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C.
Hendrik Louw
Hendrik Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Louw.
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D.
Willem Louw
Willem Louw is a person notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Louw, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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E.
Hendrik Klopper
Hendrik Klopper was a South African Army officer and World War II general best known for his leadership of Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Tobruk.
- 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: Jacobus van Zyl Triple: [Cango Caves, discoveredBy, Jacobus van Zyl]
Generated description
Jacobus van Zyl was the early explorer credited with first discovering and bringing to wider attention South Africa’s famous Cango Caves.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacobus van Zyl Target entity description: Jacobus van Zyl was the early explorer credited with first discovering and bringing to wider attention South Africa’s famous Cango Caves.
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A.
Adriaan van Zyl
Adriaan van Zyl is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Pact."
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B.
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
Petrus Jacobus "Piet" Joubert was a prominent 19th-century Boer military leader and politician who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
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C.
Hendrik Louw
Hendrik Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Louw.
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D.
Willem Louw
Willem Louw is a person notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Louw, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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E.
Hendrik Klopper
Hendrik Klopper was a South African Army officer and World War II general best known for his leadership of Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Tobruk.
- 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_69d6ab4964708190850585628b287b0c |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91552645c81909aff601ab3d3c0e6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f63456d8dc8190b788957a37b985ca |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6386304c08190b629d51fd0abcefa |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f63900ea248190bf59c1123ea78372 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.