Triple
T16369070
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Courtney series |
E397514
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasProtagonistFamilyMember |
P123134
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Manfred De La Rey
Manfred De La Rey is a central member of the De La Rey family featured in the Courtney series of historical adventure novels by Wilbur Smith.
|
E1209253
|
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: Manfred De La Rey | Statement: [Courtney series, hasProtagonistFamilyMember, Manfred De La Rey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manfred De La Rey Context triple: [Courtney series, hasProtagonistFamilyMember, Manfred De La Rey]
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A.
Mattheus Uys
Mattheus Uys is the given first name of Uys Krige, a notable South African poet, writer, and translator.
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B.
Eric Cradock
Eric Cradock was a Canadian sports promoter and businessman best known as a co-founder and early owner of the Toronto Huskies basketball team.
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C.
Henri van Breda
Henri van Breda is a South African man convicted of murdering his parents and brother with an axe in a high-profile 2015 family massacre in Stellenbosch.
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D.
John Henry de Villiers
John Henry de Villiers was a prominent South African jurist who became the inaugural Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa and played a key role in shaping its early legal system.
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E.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
- 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: Manfred De La Rey Triple: [Courtney series, hasProtagonistFamilyMember, Manfred De La Rey]
Generated description
Manfred De La Rey is a central member of the De La Rey family featured in the Courtney series of historical adventure novels by Wilbur Smith.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manfred De La Rey Target entity description: Manfred De La Rey is a central member of the De La Rey family featured in the Courtney series of historical adventure novels by Wilbur Smith.
-
A.
Mattheus Uys
Mattheus Uys is the given first name of Uys Krige, a notable South African poet, writer, and translator.
-
B.
Eric Cradock
Eric Cradock was a Canadian sports promoter and businessman best known as a co-founder and early owner of the Toronto Huskies basketball team.
-
C.
Henri van Breda
Henri van Breda is a South African man convicted of murdering his parents and brother with an axe in a high-profile 2015 family massacre in Stellenbosch.
-
D.
John Henry de Villiers
John Henry de Villiers was a prominent South African jurist who became the inaugural Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa and played a key role in shaping its early legal system.
-
E.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
- 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_69d87f2778dc8190aa95c7572db127e6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2ff4021e88190ad093bab74cf82a4 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a002dc29f088190ba5d69ff3c12a251 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a002ec2fd948190878af958d0b90ce6 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00312a4fc48190b6bd6ad9db71bb4d |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.