Triple

T13543396
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject R55 E323447 entity
Predicate roadNumberingSystem P26087 FINISHED
Object South African regional route system
The South African regional route system is a network of numbered roads that connect smaller towns and regions across South Africa, complementing the country’s national and provincial highways.
E1046426 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: South African regional route system | Statement: [R55, roadNumberingSystem, South African regional route system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African regional route system
Context triple: [R55, roadNumberingSystem, South African regional route system]
  • A. South African National Route network
    The South African National Route network is the country’s primary system of long-distance, numbered highways that connect major cities, regions, and borders for national transport and trade.
  • B. Southern African rail network
    The Southern African rail network is a regional system of interconnected railway lines linking multiple countries in Southern Africa to support trade, passenger transport, and economic integration.
  • C. South African Airways
    South African Airways is the flag carrier airline of South Africa, operating domestic and international flights primarily from its hub in Johannesburg.
  • D. Gaborone–Johannesburg route
    The Gaborone–Johannesburg route is a major regional transport corridor linking Botswana’s capital Gaborone with South Africa’s economic hub Johannesburg, facilitating significant cross-border trade and travel.
  • E. South African Civil Aviation Authority
    The South African Civil Aviation Authority is the national regulatory body responsible for overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and standards in South Africa.
  • 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: South African regional route system
Triple: [R55, roadNumberingSystem, South African regional route system]
Generated description
The South African regional route system is a network of numbered roads that connect smaller towns and regions across South Africa, complementing the country’s national and provincial highways.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African regional route system
Target entity description: The South African regional route system is a network of numbered roads that connect smaller towns and regions across South Africa, complementing the country’s national and provincial highways.
  • A. South African National Route network
    The South African National Route network is the country’s primary system of long-distance, numbered highways that connect major cities, regions, and borders for national transport and trade.
  • B. Southern African rail network
    The Southern African rail network is a regional system of interconnected railway lines linking multiple countries in Southern Africa to support trade, passenger transport, and economic integration.
  • C. South African Airways
    South African Airways is the flag carrier airline of South Africa, operating domestic and international flights primarily from its hub in Johannesburg.
  • D. Gaborone–Johannesburg route
    The Gaborone–Johannesburg route is a major regional transport corridor linking Botswana’s capital Gaborone with South Africa’s economic hub Johannesburg, facilitating significant cross-border trade and travel.
  • E. South African Civil Aviation Authority
    The South African Civil Aviation Authority is the national regulatory body responsible for overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and standards in South Africa.
  • 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_69d8076776248190bdf0d4fa1f85a5fc completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbafda36248190acabde65a88c5471 completed April 12, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75da094288190aff108b006c3da1f completed May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75f2c645481909c3e5ecdd239965d completed May 3, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75f8e9b608190830ab942098a798c completed May 3, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:45 p.m.