Triple

T1620502
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South African general election, 1989 E35019 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object South African general election, 1987
The South African general election of 1987 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, in which the ruling National Party retained power amid growing internal resistance and international pressure for reform.
E186334 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: South African general election, 1987 | Statement: [South African general election, 1989, precededBy, South African general election, 1987]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African general election, 1987
Context triple: [South African general election, 1989, precededBy, South African general election, 1987]
  • A. South African general election, 1989
    The South African general election of 1989 was the last whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, marking a turning point that led to negotiations to end minority rule and transition to democracy.
  • B. South African general election, 1994
    The South African general election of 1994 was the country’s first fully democratic, multiracial national vote, marking the end of apartheid and leading to Nelson Mandela’s election as president.
  • C. South African general elections
    South African general elections are nationwide democratic polls held periodically to choose representatives for the country’s National Assembly and provincial legislatures.
  • D. Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
    The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) was a multi-party negotiating forum in the early 1990s that laid the groundwork for ending apartheid and establishing a democratic constitutional order in South Africa.
  • E. Senate of South Africa (1994–1997)
    The Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) was the short-lived upper chamber of Parliament during the country’s early post-apartheid transition, representing provincial interests before being replaced by the National Council of Provinces.
  • 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: South African general election, 1987
Triple: [South African general election, 1989, precededBy, South African general election, 1987]
Generated description
The South African general election of 1987 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, in which the ruling National Party retained power amid growing internal resistance and international pressure for reform.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African general election, 1987
Target entity description: The South African general election of 1987 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, in which the ruling National Party retained power amid growing internal resistance and international pressure for reform.
  • A. South African general election, 1989
    The South African general election of 1989 was the last whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, marking a turning point that led to negotiations to end minority rule and transition to democracy.
  • B. South African general election, 1994
    The South African general election of 1994 was the country’s first fully democratic, multiracial national vote, marking the end of apartheid and leading to Nelson Mandela’s election as president.
  • C. South African general elections
    South African general elections are nationwide democratic polls held periodically to choose representatives for the country’s National Assembly and provincial legislatures.
  • D. Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
    The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) was a multi-party negotiating forum in the early 1990s that laid the groundwork for ending apartheid and establishing a democratic constitutional order in South Africa.
  • E. Senate of South Africa (1994–1997)
    The Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) was the short-lived upper chamber of Parliament during the country’s early post-apartheid transition, representing provincial interests before being replaced by the National Council of Provinces.
  • 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_69ad6092fdd0819099bde0004de869c4 completed March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad6124c5f481909427535ec1db38fc completed March 8, 2026, 11:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad61ec8ce081908340301a6f45f5b2 completed March 8, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.