Triple
T1620457
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Andries Pretorius |
E35018
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Graaff-Reinet
Graaff-Reinet is a historic town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a center of early Afrikaner history.
|
E182362
|
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: Graaff-Reinet | Statement: [Andries Pretorius, placeOfBirth, Graaff-Reinet]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Graaff-Reinet Context triple: [Andries Pretorius, placeOfBirth, Graaff-Reinet]
-
A.
Oudtshoorn
Oudtshoorn is a South African town famed as the "ostrich capital of the world," known for its ostrich farms, Cango Caves, and semi-arid Karoo landscape.
-
B.
Fort de Kock
Fort de Kock is a former Dutch colonial garrison town in West Sumatra, Indonesia, now known as Bukittinggi, noted for its historical hilltop fort and role in Minangkabau history.
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C.
Ulundi
Ulundi is a historic town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, best known as the former royal and political center of the Zulu Kingdom and the site of key events in the Anglo-Zulu War.
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D.
Oudenhoorn
Oudenhoorn is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and historic polder landscape.
-
E.
Rustenburg
Rustenburg is a city in South Africa’s North West Province known for its mining industry and as one of the venues for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- 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: Graaff-Reinet Triple: [Andries Pretorius, placeOfBirth, Graaff-Reinet]
Generated description
Graaff-Reinet is a historic town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a center of early Afrikaner history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Graaff-Reinet Target entity description: Graaff-Reinet is a historic town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a center of early Afrikaner history.
-
A.
Oudtshoorn
Oudtshoorn is a South African town famed as the "ostrich capital of the world," known for its ostrich farms, Cango Caves, and semi-arid Karoo landscape.
-
B.
Fort de Kock
Fort de Kock is a former Dutch colonial garrison town in West Sumatra, Indonesia, now known as Bukittinggi, noted for its historical hilltop fort and role in Minangkabau history.
-
C.
Ulundi
Ulundi is a historic town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, best known as the former royal and political center of the Zulu Kingdom and the site of key events in the Anglo-Zulu War.
-
D.
Oudenhoorn
Oudenhoorn is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and historic polder landscape.
-
E.
Rustenburg
Rustenburg is a city in South Africa’s North West Province known for its mining industry and as one of the venues for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- 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_69a886023194819080a3fccd6e325d0e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a909b0738c8190b073e0ccec5e217d |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad51d2cbb481908bc74cecdc023547 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad5277c64481909ffe991fd4579d0d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad52f8dda48190969a31b85b1d5134 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.