Triple
T1777123
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | F. W. de Klerk |
E39205
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Deputy President of South Africa
The Deputy President of South Africa is the second-highest executive official in the country’s government, serving as the principal assistant and potential successor to the President.
|
E198830
|
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: Deputy President of South Africa | Statement: [F. W. de Klerk, positionHeld, Deputy President of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deputy President of South Africa Context triple: [F. W. de Klerk, positionHeld, Deputy President of South Africa]
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A.
President of South Africa
The President of South Africa is the country’s head of state and head of government, elected by the National Assembly to lead the executive branch and represent the nation domestically and internationally.
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B.
State President of South Africa
The State President of South Africa was the former head of state position during the apartheid era, preceding the modern office of the President of South Africa.
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C.
Vice President of the South African Republic
The Vice President of the South African Republic was a senior political office in the former Boer republic, serving as the second-highest executive authority after the State President.
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D.
Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
The Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa was the head of government of the Union from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961, overseeing executive authority and national administration.
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E.
Chief Justice of South Africa
The Chief Justice of South Africa is the country’s highest-ranking judicial officer, serving as head of the judiciary and presiding over its apex court.
- 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: Deputy President of South Africa Triple: [F. W. de Klerk, positionHeld, Deputy President of South Africa]
Generated description
The Deputy President of South Africa is the second-highest executive official in the country’s government, serving as the principal assistant and potential successor to the President.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deputy President of South Africa Target entity description: The Deputy President of South Africa is the second-highest executive official in the country’s government, serving as the principal assistant and potential successor to the President.
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A.
President of South Africa
The President of South Africa is the country’s head of state and head of government, elected by the National Assembly to lead the executive branch and represent the nation domestically and internationally.
-
B.
State President of South Africa
The State President of South Africa was the former head of state position during the apartheid era, preceding the modern office of the President of South Africa.
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C.
Vice President of the South African Republic
The Vice President of the South African Republic was a senior political office in the former Boer republic, serving as the second-highest executive authority after the State President.
-
D.
Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
The Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa was the head of government of the Union from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961, overseeing executive authority and national administration.
-
E.
Chief Justice of South Africa
The Chief Justice of South Africa is the country’s highest-ranking judicial officer, serving as head of the judiciary and presiding over its apex court.
- 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_69a88630519c8190a17addd83c4a3ef4 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa64b967f08190a73216361b9c2d83 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada99a81c08190b602858708263193 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adab03a5448190b42966adcd8afbde |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adaeabff6c8190b19bc6478a28641c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.