Triple
T20995500
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald Woods |
E517136
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableFriend |
P27082
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Steve Biko |
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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: Steve Biko | Statement: [Donald Woods, notableFriend, Steve Biko]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Biko Context triple: [Donald Woods, notableFriend, Steve Biko]
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A.
Steve Biko
chosen
Steve Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist and leading proponent of the Black Consciousness Movement, whose ideas and death in police custody made him an enduring symbol of resistance to racial oppression.
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B.
Chris Hani
Chris Hani was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader and military commander of the African National Congress who became a symbol of resistance before his assassination in 1993.
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C.
Yusuf Dadoo
Yusuf Dadoo was a prominent South African Indian anti-apartheid leader, physician, and communist activist who played a key role in uniting Indian and African resistance against racial segregation.
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D.
Ahmed Kathrada
Ahmed Kathrada was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, close associate of Nelson Mandela, and long-serving political prisoner who later became a key figure in the post-apartheid government.
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E.
Veronica Sobukwe
Veronica Sobukwe was a South African anti-apartheid activist and community leader who continued and preserved the political legacy of her husband, PAC founder Robert Sobukwe.
- 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_69e0b5006e2881909fc2383f841740cc |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6fc1fd5d48190a56981cee95ebd69 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:25 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:50 p.m.