Triple

T16828394
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Progressive Federal Party E409080 entity
Predicate participatedIn P149 FINISHED
Object South African general election, 1977
The South African general election of 1977 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid that further entrenched National Party rule despite gains by liberal opposition parties.
E1237804 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, 1977 | Statement: [Progressive Federal Party, participatedIn, South African general election, 1977]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African general election, 1977
Context triple: [Progressive Federal Party, participatedIn, South African general election, 1977]
  • A. 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.
  • B. South African general election, 1981
    The South African general election of 1981 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under the apartheid regime, shaping the composition of the House of Assembly during a period of intensifying internal resistance and international condemnation.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 1984 South African general election
    The 1984 South African general election was the first national vote under apartheid’s new tricameral parliamentary system, introducing separate chambers for white, Coloured, and Indian voters while still excluding the Black majority.
  • E. 1994 South African general election
    The 1994 South African general election was the country’s first fully democratic, multiracial national vote that ended apartheid rule and brought Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress to power.
  • 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, 1977
Triple: [Progressive Federal Party, participatedIn, South African general election, 1977]
Generated description
The South African general election of 1977 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid that further entrenched National Party rule despite gains by liberal opposition parties.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African general election, 1977
Target entity description: The South African general election of 1977 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid that further entrenched National Party rule despite gains by liberal opposition parties.
  • A. 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.
  • B. South African general election, 1981
    The South African general election of 1981 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under the apartheid regime, shaping the composition of the House of Assembly during a period of intensifying internal resistance and international condemnation.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 1984 South African general election
    The 1984 South African general election was the first national vote under apartheid’s new tricameral parliamentary system, introducing separate chambers for white, Coloured, and Indian voters while still excluding the Black majority.
  • E. 1994 South African general election
    The 1994 South African general election was the country’s first fully democratic, multiracial national vote that ended apartheid rule and brought Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress to power.
  • 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.