Triple
T17803467
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Maxwell Evarts Perkins |
E444492
|
entity |
| Predicate | editedAuthor |
P107303
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alan Paton |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Alan Paton | Statement: [William Maxwell Evarts Perkins, editedAuthor, Alan Paton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Paton Context triple: [William Maxwell Evarts Perkins, editedAuthor, Alan Paton]
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A.
Alan Paton
chosen
Alan Paton was a South African author and anti-apartheid activist best known for his novel "Cry, the Beloved Country."
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B.
Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams is an American crime and suspense novelist known for his psychological thrillers and the popular Chet and Bernie mystery series.
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C.
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and Nobel Prize–winning novelist renowned for her powerful works opposing apartheid and exploring complex social and moral issues.
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D.
Harold Vorster
Harold Vorster is a South African professional rugby union player known primarily for his role as a powerful centre in domestic and international competitions.
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E.
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga is a Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, and filmmaker best known for her critically acclaimed novel "Nervous Conditions," a landmark work in African literature.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9efe370819095cd219b143ae727 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4880171608190be2088c7a387bfb7 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:13 a.m.