Triple
T19951821
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Steyn |
E479574
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Marthinus Theunis Steyn |
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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: Marthinus Theunis Steyn | Statement: [Steyn, hasNotableBearer, Marthinus Theunis Steyn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marthinus Theunis Steyn Context triple: [Steyn, hasNotableBearer, Marthinus Theunis Steyn]
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A.
Marthinus Theunis Steyn
chosen
Marthinus Theunis Steyn was the last State President of the Orange Free State, known for leading the Boer republic during the Second Anglo-Boer War and later advocating for Afrikaner reconciliation and unity in South Africa.
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B.
Johann Christiaan Steyn
Johann Christiaan Steyn, known as Lord Steyn, was a prominent South African-born British judge who served as a Law Lord and was influential in the development of modern UK human rights and public law jurisprudence.
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C.
Marthinus Lourens de Villiers
Marthinus Lourens de Villiers was a South African composer best known for writing the music to what became one of South Africa’s former national anthems.
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D.
Tjaart Potgieter
Tjaart Potgieter is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Potgieter surname.
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E.
Stephanus Schoeman
Stephanus Schoeman was a 19th-century Boer military and political leader who briefly headed the South African Republic during its early, turbulent years.
- 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_69d8e522a17c819095165d4d24939fd8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e65a6c87388190a1bada3117acaf7b |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:55 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:54 p.m.