Triple
T19420628
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) |
E485841
|
entity |
| Predicate | replacedBy |
P101
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Flag of South Africa (post-1994) |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Flag of South Africa (post-1994) | Statement: [Flag of South Africa (1928–1994), replacedBy, Flag of South Africa (post-1994)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of South Africa (post-1994) Context triple: [Flag of South Africa (1928–1994), replacedBy, Flag of South Africa (post-1994)]
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A.
Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)
The Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) was the former national flag featuring the orange-white-blue horizontal tricolour with inset miniature Union Jack, Orange Free State, and Transvaal Vierkleur, symbolizing the country’s colonial and Afrikaner heritage during the apartheid era.
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B.
Flag of KwaZulu-Natal
The Flag of KwaZulu-Natal is the official provincial banner of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, symbolizing its regional identity and heritage.
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C.
Flag of the South African Republic
The Flag of the South African Republic was the national banner of the Boer-ruled Transvaal republic in the 19th and early 20th centuries, symbolizing its independence before incorporation into the British Empire.
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D.
Flag of the Orange Free State
The Flag of the Orange Free State was the national flag of the former Boer republic in southern Africa, featuring horizontal orange and white stripes with a Dutch tricolor in the canton.
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E.
Transvaal flag
The Transvaal flag, commonly called the Vierkleur, was the national flag of the former South African Republic, featuring four horizontal bands of color symbolizing the Boer republic’s identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of South Africa (post-1994) Target entity description: The Flag of South Africa (post-1994) is the country’s current national flag, adopted after the end of apartheid and symbolizing the unity and diversity of the new democratic South Africa.
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A.
Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)
The Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) was the former national flag featuring the orange-white-blue horizontal tricolour with inset miniature Union Jack, Orange Free State, and Transvaal Vierkleur, symbolizing the country’s colonial and Afrikaner heritage during the apartheid era.
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B.
Flag of KwaZulu-Natal
The Flag of KwaZulu-Natal is the official provincial banner of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, symbolizing its regional identity and heritage.
-
C.
Flag of the South African Republic
The Flag of the South African Republic was the national banner of the Boer-ruled Transvaal republic in the 19th and early 20th centuries, symbolizing its independence before incorporation into the British Empire.
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D.
Flag of the Orange Free State
The Flag of the Orange Free State was the national flag of the former Boer republic in southern Africa, featuring horizontal orange and white stripes with a Dutch tricolor in the canton.
-
E.
Transvaal flag
The Transvaal flag, commonly called the Vierkleur, was the national flag of the former South African Republic, featuring four horizontal bands of color symbolizing the Boer republic’s identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
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.