Triple
T1962388
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pietermaritzburg |
E42615
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pieter Retief |
E34478
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Pieter Retief | Statement: [Pietermaritzburg, namedAfter, Pieter Retief]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pieter Retief Context triple: [Pietermaritzburg, namedAfter, Pieter Retief]
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A.
Piet Retief
chosen
Piet Retief was a prominent Voortrekker leader and pioneer of the Great Trek in 19th-century South Africa, known for his role in negotiating land with Zulu King Dingane and his subsequent massacre.
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B.
Andries Pretorius
Andries Pretorius was a prominent 19th-century Boer leader and military commander who played a key role in establishing Afrikaner republics in southern Africa.
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C.
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a 19th-century Boer leader who served as the first president of the South African Republic and played a key role in early Afrikaner state formation.
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D.
Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan de Wet was a prominent Boer general and guerrilla leader renowned for his daring and highly effective campaigns against British forces during the Second Boer War.
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E.
Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Andries Hendrik Potgieter was a prominent Voortrekker leader and Boer pioneer who played a key role in establishing early Boer settlements in the interior of southern Africa during the 19th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3aae8c48190afae2cf3af2ae4e9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfbd133908190add1c78d91a813ef |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.