Triple
T16828385
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Progressive Federal Party |
E409080
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableLeader |
P304
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert was a prominent South African politician, academic, and anti-apartheid reformist who led the parliamentary opposition before resigning to pursue broader democratic change.
|
E1237803
|
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: Frederik van Zyl Slabbert | Statement: [Progressive Federal Party, notableLeader, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederik van Zyl Slabbert Context triple: [Progressive Federal Party, notableLeader, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert]
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A.
Quartus de Wet
Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
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B.
Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz
Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as State President of the Orange Free State and later as State Secretary of the South African Republic.
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C.
Adriaan Vorster
Adriaan Vorster is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Vorster.
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D.
Roelf Meyer
Roelf Meyer is a South African politician best known as a chief negotiator in the country’s transition from apartheid to democracy and for his role in drafting the post-apartheid constitution.
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E.
Jacobus van Zyl
Jacobus van Zyl was the early explorer credited with first discovering and bringing to wider attention South Africa’s famous Cango Caves.
- 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: Frederik van Zyl Slabbert Triple: [Progressive Federal Party, notableLeader, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert]
Generated description
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert was a prominent South African politician, academic, and anti-apartheid reformist who led the parliamentary opposition before resigning to pursue broader democratic change.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederik van Zyl Slabbert Target entity description: Frederik van Zyl Slabbert was a prominent South African politician, academic, and anti-apartheid reformist who led the parliamentary opposition before resigning to pursue broader democratic change.
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A.
Quartus de Wet
Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
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B.
Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz
Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as State President of the Orange Free State and later as State Secretary of the South African Republic.
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C.
Adriaan Vorster
Adriaan Vorster is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Vorster.
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D.
Roelf Meyer
Roelf Meyer is a South African politician best known as a chief negotiator in the country’s transition from apartheid to democracy and for his role in drafting the post-apartheid constitution.
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E.
Jacobus van Zyl
Jacobus van Zyl was the early explorer credited with first discovering and bringing to wider attention South Africa’s famous Cango Caves.
- 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_69d88394566c8190b3dcbdc72935f7fa |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b3151350819097b1c375e6df8986 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00c2a08ac8819098e7094ee5ce4ed5 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00c355f4108190a4209599bf5f50da |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00c413314881909e308588af09ce2a |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.