Triple
T1605241
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Government of National Unity (South Africa) |
E34486
|
entity |
| Predicate | deputyPresident |
P147
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thabo Mbeki |
E53850
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Thabo Mbeki | Statement: [Government of National Unity (South Africa), deputyPresident, Thabo Mbeki]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thabo Mbeki Context triple: [Government of National Unity (South Africa), deputyPresident, Thabo Mbeki]
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A.
Thabo Mbeki
chosen
Thabo Mbeki is a South African politician who served as the country’s second post-apartheid president, known for his role in economic reform and controversial stance on HIV/AIDS.
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B.
Kgalema Motlanthe
Kgalema Motlanthe is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who briefly served as the country's president from 2008 to 2009.
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C.
Govan Mbeki
Govan Mbeki was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, intellectual, and African National Congress leader who played a key role in the liberation struggle and later served in the post-apartheid government.
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D.
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served as the country’s president from 2009 to 2018 and was widely associated with corruption scandals and state capture allegations.
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E.
Thabo Makgoba
Thabo Makgoba is the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and a prominent South African religious leader known for his role in church governance and social justice advocacy.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: deputyPresident Context triple: [Government of National Unity (South Africa), deputyPresident, Thabo Mbeki]
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A.
vicePresident
chosen
Indicates that one entity holds the role of second-in-command or deputy leader to another entity within an organizational or governmental hierarchy.
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B.
deputyOf
Indicates that one entity serves as the subordinate or second-in-command to another, acting with delegated authority on their behalf.
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C.
deputyMinister
Indicates that one entity serves as the deputy minister (second-in-command or subordinate minister) to another entity within a governmental or ministerial hierarchy.
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D.
deputyPrimeMinister
Indicates that one entity serves as the deputy prime minister (second-in-command in the government’s executive leadership) of another political body or jurisdiction.
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E.
vicePresidentElect
Indicates that the subject is the person chosen to become vice president of the object (such as a country or organization) but has not yet assumed the office.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69a885fea6a481909fe83ba6441f1774 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a93fa6926081908bc78d15c0be3185 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 8:32 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad51bff1cc819082208a8a77fae631 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:38 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a907c35f848190a2428c52e81d013e |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.