Triple
T12273309
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zakes Mda |
E292523
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zakes Mda |
E292523
|
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: Zakes Mda | Statement: [Zakes Mda, name, Zakes Mda]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zakes Mda Context triple: [Zakes Mda, name, Zakes Mda]
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A.
Zakes Mda
chosen
Zakes Mda is a prominent South African novelist, playwright, and academic known for his influential works exploring post-apartheid society and Xhosa cultural identity.
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B.
Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach is a renowned South African Afrikaans poet, writer, and painter known for his anti-apartheid activism and influential literary work.
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C.
Zakes Mokae
Zakes Mokae was a South African-born actor renowned for his powerful stage and film performances, particularly in works confronting apartheid and racial injustice.
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D.
André P. Brink
André P. Brink was a prominent South African novelist, playwright, and anti-apartheid intellectual known for his influential Afrikaans and English works challenging social and political injustices.
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E.
Harold Vorster
Harold Vorster is a South African professional rugby union player known primarily for his role as a powerful centre in domestic and international competitions.
- 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91cee7158819093fff74db6867896 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f61e6b50a48190b1beabd149d5830f |
completed | May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.