Triple

T14762756
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hendrik van der Bijl E346910 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa
The Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa, commonly known as Eskom, is the state-owned utility responsible for generating, transmitting, and distributing the majority of South Africa’s electrical power.
 E1118930 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: Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa | Statement: [Hendrik van der Bijl, founded, Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa
Context triple: [Hendrik van der Bijl, founded, Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa]
  • A. Zimbabwe Power Company
    Zimbabwe Power Company is the state-owned utility responsible for generating electricity in Zimbabwe, operating major power stations including the Kariba hydroelectric facilities.
  • B. South Eastern Electricity Board
    The South Eastern Electricity Board was a regional public utility in England responsible for distributing and supplying electricity across the south-eastern part of the country before industry privatization.
  • C. Electricity Supply Board
    Electricity Supply Board is Ireland’s state-owned electricity company responsible for generation, transmission, and supply of electric power across the country.
  • D. Central Electricity Board
    The Central Electricity Board was a UK public body responsible for developing and operating the national electricity grid and coordinating power generation before being replaced by later electricity authorities.
  • E. Electricity Council
    The Electricity Council was a central public body in the United Kingdom responsible for overseeing and coordinating the nationalized electricity supply industry in England and Wales.
  • 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: Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa
Triple: [Hendrik van der Bijl, founded, Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa]
Generated description
The Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa, commonly known as Eskom, is the state-owned utility responsible for generating, transmitting, and distributing the majority of South Africa’s electrical power.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa
Target entity description: The Electricity Supply Commission of South Africa, commonly known as Eskom, is the state-owned utility responsible for generating, transmitting, and distributing the majority of South Africa’s electrical power.
  • A. Zimbabwe Power Company
    Zimbabwe Power Company is the state-owned utility responsible for generating electricity in Zimbabwe, operating major power stations including the Kariba hydroelectric facilities.
  • B. South Eastern Electricity Board
    The South Eastern Electricity Board was a regional public utility in England responsible for distributing and supplying electricity across the south-eastern part of the country before industry privatization.
  • C. Electricity Supply Board
    Electricity Supply Board is Ireland’s state-owned electricity company responsible for generation, transmission, and supply of electric power across the country.
  • D. Central Electricity Board
    The Central Electricity Board was a UK public body responsible for developing and operating the national electricity grid and coordinating power generation before being replaced by later electricity authorities.
  • E. Electricity Council
    The Electricity Council was a central public body in the United Kingdom responsible for overseeing and coordinating the nationalized electricity supply industry in England and Wales.
  • 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_69d822e8896c819091169882f9b20486 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec7f3a1608190b1b17624003a0c7f completed April 14, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe0cf24c0081909221cb7d761e882f completed May 8, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe1913f01c8190917992cbcb8f0b62 completed May 8, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe19c36dcc8190a8b3565d6e9cec04 completed May 8, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:30 a.m.