Triple
T19420611
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Orange Free State Province |
E485840
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMetropolitanArea |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bloemfontein metropolitan area |
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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: Bloemfontein metropolitan area | Statement: [Orange Free State Province, hasMetropolitanArea, Bloemfontein metropolitan area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bloemfontein metropolitan area Context triple: [Orange Free State Province, hasMetropolitanArea, Bloemfontein metropolitan area]
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A.
Pretoria–Witwatersrand–Vereeniging conurbation
The Pretoria–Witwatersrand–Vereeniging conurbation is South Africa’s largest urban agglomeration, encompassing much of the country’s economic and population core in the Gauteng region.
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B.
Kroonstad
Kroonstad is a town in the Free State province of South Africa, known as an agricultural and transport hub along the Vaal River.
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C.
Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom is a historic university town in South Africa known for its academic institutions, military base, and role in the North West province’s agriculture and industry.
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D.
Bloemfontein
chosen
Bloemfontein is a major South African city known as the seat of the country’s highest courts and one of its three national capitals.
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E.
Witbank
Witbank is a South African coal-mining city in Mpumalanga province, now officially known as Emalahleni.
- 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_69d8e8d688f881909c85104a62e09d8a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e63214d768819082129100d7116521 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:37 p.m.