Triple
T16828502
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | De Villiers Graaff |
E409083
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Graaff
David Graaff was a prominent South African businessman and politician from the influential Graaff family, known for his role in developing the country's meat industry and for his public service.
|
E1236656
|
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: David Graaff | Statement: [De Villiers Graaff, father, David Graaff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Graaff Context triple: [De Villiers Graaff, father, David Graaff]
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A.
Gerald Morkel
Gerald Morkel was a South African politician who became the first Premier of the Western Cape province after the end of apartheid.
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B.
Robert Gribbroek
Robert Gribbroek was an American animation layout artist and background designer best known for his work on Warner Bros. cartoons during the Golden Age of American animation.
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C.
Albert Wessels
Albert Wessels was a South African businessman best known for founding Toyota South Africa and helping establish the brand’s presence in the country.
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D.
David Joubert
David Joubert is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Joubert, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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E.
C. M. van den Heever
C. M. van den Heever was a prominent Afrikaans poet, novelist, and critic associated with the influential Dertigers literary movement 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: David Graaff Triple: [De Villiers Graaff, father, David Graaff]
Generated description
David Graaff was a prominent South African businessman and politician from the influential Graaff family, known for his role in developing the country's meat industry and for his public service.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Graaff Target entity description: David Graaff was a prominent South African businessman and politician from the influential Graaff family, known for his role in developing the country's meat industry and for his public service.
-
A.
Gerald Morkel
Gerald Morkel was a South African politician who became the first Premier of the Western Cape province after the end of apartheid.
-
B.
Robert Gribbroek
Robert Gribbroek was an American animation layout artist and background designer best known for his work on Warner Bros. cartoons during the Golden Age of American animation.
-
C.
Albert Wessels
Albert Wessels was a South African businessman best known for founding Toyota South Africa and helping establish the brand’s presence in the country.
-
D.
David Joubert
David Joubert is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Joubert, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
-
E.
C. M. van den Heever
C. M. van den Heever was a prominent Afrikaans poet, novelist, and critic associated with the influential Dertigers literary movement 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_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_6a00bb13ec908190853627066fb2c492 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00bbf6dd488190ad624bb6c35ac086 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00bc633abc8190a86808986ba294ec |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:12 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.