Triple
T17202383
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jannie Malan |
E417507
|
entity |
| Predicate | sharesSurnameWith |
P13741
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Malan family |
E409920
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Malan family | Statement: [Jannie Malan, sharesSurnameWith, Malan family]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malan family Context triple: [Jannie Malan, sharesSurnameWith, Malan family]
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A.
Malan family of South Africa
chosen
The Malan family of South Africa is a prominent Afrikaner lineage best known for producing influential political figures, including former prime minister Daniel François Malan, who played a key role in establishing apartheid-era policies.
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B.
Madikizela family
The Madikizela family is a South African Xhosa family best known for producing prominent anti-apartheid activist and political leader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
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C.
Pretorius family
The Pretorius family is a prominent South African Afrikaner lineage historically influential in the politics and leadership of the Boer republics.
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D.
Dlamini family
The Dlamini family is a prominent Swazi royal and clan lineage from which many influential leaders and nobles, including figures like Ndlela Dlamini, have descended.
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E.
Milner family
The Milner family is an English landed gentry family historically associated with the ownership of country estates and involvement in regional social and economic life.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d886d6ba8c819093215917b3d01689 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42db014b08190b88a5001e9f7811b |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a015fdc13d88190bbf9e6d1272814d2 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:49 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.