Triple
T14762758
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hendrik van der Bijl |
E346910
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | South African Iron and Steel Corporation |
E944736
|
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: South African Iron and Steel Corporation | Statement: [Hendrik van der Bijl, founded, South African Iron and Steel Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African Iron and Steel Corporation Context triple: [Hendrik van der Bijl, founded, South African Iron and Steel Corporation]
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A.
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
chosen
The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa is a state-owned development finance institution that funds and promotes industrial and economic growth projects within South Africa and the broader African region.
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B.
Tata Steel
Tata Steel is one of India’s largest and oldest steel manufacturing companies, known for its integrated steel plants, global operations, and pioneering role in the country’s industrial development.
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C.
Sasol
Sasol is a South African integrated energy and chemical company known for its large-scale coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids fuel production.
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D.
Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain
The Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain was a nationalized holding body that owned and managed most of the British iron and steel industry in the early postwar period.
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E.
Dofasco
Dofasco is a major Canadian steel manufacturer based in Hamilton, Ontario, long recognized as one of the city’s most prominent industrial employers.
- 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_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. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:30 a.m.