Triple
T1620518
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South African general election, 1989 |
E35019
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainOppositionParty |
P15297
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Conservative Party (South Africa)
The Conservative Party (South Africa) was a right-wing, pro-apartheid political party that broke away from the ruling National Party in the 1980s in opposition to racial reform and power-sharing.
|
E184396
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Conservative Party (South Africa) | Statement: [South African general election, 1989, mainOppositionParty, Conservative Party (South Africa)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conservative Party (South Africa) Context triple: [South African general election, 1989, mainOppositionParty, Conservative Party (South Africa)]
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A.
National Party (South Africa)
The National Party (South Africa) was the Afrikaner-dominated political party that instituted and upheld the apartheid system, ruling the country for much of the 20th century.
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B.
United Party (South Africa)
The United Party (South Africa) was a major mid-20th-century South African political party that promoted a more moderate alternative to hardline apartheid policies before being eclipsed by the National Party.
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C.
South African Party
The South African Party was a major early 20th-century political party that governed the Union of South Africa and promoted a policy of white unity and gradual segregation before being succeeded by the National Party.
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D.
Labour Party (South Africa)
The Labour Party (South Africa) was a political party that primarily represented the interests of the Coloured community during the apartheid era and participated in various segregated parliamentary structures.
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E.
United Party
The United Party was a major South African political party that dominated the country’s politics for much of the mid-20th century, advocating moderate segregationist and pro-British policies before being eclipsed by the National Party.
- 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: Conservative Party (South Africa) Triple: [South African general election, 1989, mainOppositionParty, Conservative Party (South Africa)]
Generated description
The Conservative Party (South Africa) was a right-wing, pro-apartheid political party that broke away from the ruling National Party in the 1980s in opposition to racial reform and power-sharing.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conservative Party (South Africa) Target entity description: The Conservative Party (South Africa) was a right-wing, pro-apartheid political party that broke away from the ruling National Party in the 1980s in opposition to racial reform and power-sharing.
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A.
National Party (South Africa)
The National Party (South Africa) was the Afrikaner-dominated political party that instituted and upheld the apartheid system, ruling the country for much of the 20th century.
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B.
United Party (South Africa)
The United Party (South Africa) was a major mid-20th-century South African political party that promoted a more moderate alternative to hardline apartheid policies before being eclipsed by the National Party.
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C.
South African Party
The South African Party was a major early 20th-century political party that governed the Union of South Africa and promoted a policy of white unity and gradual segregation before being succeeded by the National Party.
-
D.
Labour Party (South Africa)
The Labour Party (South Africa) was a political party that primarily represented the interests of the Coloured community during the apartheid era and participated in various segregated parliamentary structures.
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E.
United Party
The United Party was a major South African political party that dominated the country’s politics for much of the mid-20th century, advocating moderate segregationist and pro-British policies before being eclipsed by the National Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: mainOppositionParty Context triple: [South African general election, 1989, mainOppositionParty, Conservative Party (South Africa)]
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A.
rivalParty
chosen
Indicates that one party is in competition or opposition with another party, often pursuing conflicting goals or interests.
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B.
oppositionLeader
Indicates that one entity serves as the primary political leader of the opposition in relation to another governing entity.
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C.
hasOppositionParties
Indicates that an entity (typically a government or ruling body) has one or more political parties that formally oppose or challenge its policies or authority.
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D.
otherMajorParty
Indicates that an entity is affiliated with a major political party other than a specified primary or reference party.
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E.
politicalParty
Indicates that an entity is affiliated with, belongs to, or is a member of a specific political party.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69aaf4a0ef748190ae52b9656474c0ef |
completed | March 6, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad58c9ed4c8190a546ec4977f60695 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad5a0a88ac819096598917c2c9de48 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad5a85071c8190bab5cefcd918bb8d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a907c731808190a1d998155041b3c1 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.