Triple
T19420629
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) |
E485841
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Red Ensign of South Africa |
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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: Red Ensign of South Africa | Statement: [Flag of South Africa (1928–1994), precededBy, Red Ensign of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red Ensign of South Africa Context triple: [Flag of South Africa (1928–1994), precededBy, Red Ensign of South Africa]
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A.
Saint Helena flag
The Saint Helena flag is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the island’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic.
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B.
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.
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C.
New Zealand Red Ensign
The New Zealand Red Ensign is a red maritime flag featuring the Union Jack and Southern Cross, traditionally used by New Zealand merchant ships and often associated with Māori and historical civilian use.
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D.
Flag of Natal Colony
chosen
The Flag of Natal Colony was a British colonial ensign featuring the Union Jack with a distinctive badge representing the Colony of Natal in South Africa.
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E.
Australian Red Ensign
The Australian Red Ensign is a red-field maritime version of Australia's national flag historically used by Australian merchant ships and, informally, by civilians.
- 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.