Triple
T1412680
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Witwatersrand |
E31839
|
entity |
| Predicate | contains |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Witwatersrand Basin |
E31839
|
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: Witwatersrand Basin | Statement: [Witwatersrand, contains, Witwatersrand Basin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Witwatersrand Basin Context triple: [Witwatersrand, contains, Witwatersrand Basin]
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A.
Witwatersrand
chosen
Witwatersrand is a mineral-rich escarpment in South Africa, historically famous for its vast gold deposits and for giving its name to the country's currency and the University of the Witwatersrand.
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B.
Griqualand West
Griqualand West was a 19th-century British colonial territory in southern Africa, centered on the diamond-rich area around Kimberley.
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C.
Kalahari Basin
The Kalahari Basin is a large inland drainage basin in southern Africa that encompasses and gives rise to the arid Kalahari Desert and surrounding semi-arid regions.
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D.
Vaal Triangle
The Vaal Triangle is a major industrial and urban region in South Africa, centered around the Vaal River and known for its heavy manufacturing and petrochemical industries.
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E.
Highveld
The Highveld is a high-altitude grassland plateau in central South Africa known for its extensive farming, mining, and major cities such as Johannesburg and Pretoria.
- 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_69a49919a994819086528951bc224775 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c3e3383c81909acb9c6c1c3b817a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ace57ec2d88190b06d0f20e3b52462 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.