Triple
T15558552
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Petrus Jacobus Joubert |
E370934
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Commandant-General of the South African Republic |
E109657
|
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: Commandant-General of the South African Republic | Statement: [Petrus Jacobus Joubert, positionHeld, Commandant-General of the South African Republic]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commandant-General of the South African Republic Context triple: [Petrus Jacobus Joubert, positionHeld, Commandant-General of the South African Republic]
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A.
Commandant-General of the South African Republic
chosen
The Commandant-General of the South African Republic was the highest military commander of the Boer republic’s armed forces, responsible for leading its defense and military campaigns.
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B.
Chief of the South African Army
The Chief of the South African Army is the highest-ranking officer responsible for leading, managing, and overseeing all operational, administrative, and strategic functions of the South African Army.
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C.
Commander-in-Chief, British Forces in South Africa
The Commander-in-Chief, British Forces in South Africa was the senior military post responsible for directing British Army operations and overall strategy in the South African theatre, notably during and after the Second Boer War.
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D.
Chief of the South African National Defence Force
The Chief of the South African National Defence Force is the highest-ranking military officer in South Africa, responsible for commanding and overseeing all branches of the country's armed forces.
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E.
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in South Africa from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961.
- 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_69d85cc6cf40819091f4a5facee1ebe6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04dda3ab88190ab383333ce69fe8f |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff456635588190a2473bcff3ae4a53 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:09 a.m.