Triple
T14077670
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Dry White Season |
E338779
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceWork |
P2353
|
FINISHED |
| Object | André Brink |
E928671
|
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: André Brink | Statement: [A Dry White Season, authorOfSourceWork, André Brink]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: André Brink Context triple: [A Dry White Season, authorOfSourceWork, André Brink]
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A.
André P. Brink
chosen
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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B.
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.
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C.
Louis Vorster
Louis Vorster was a South African-born cricketer who played first-class cricket for teams including Northern Transvaal and Namibia.
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D.
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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E.
Zakes Mda
Zakes Mda is a prominent South African novelist, playwright, and academic known for his influential works exploring post-apartheid society and Xhosa cultural identity.
- 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_69d81c687b0c819087fd9ed4198403f8 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de5c5e027881908f610f5bab7598d4 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcb670f51c819088e8d0137f8d3bb1 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.