Triple
T21674547
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Saul Teukolsky |
E534933
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Frans Pretorius |
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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: Frans Pretorius | Statement: [Saul Teukolsky, notableStudent, Frans Pretorius]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frans Pretorius Context triple: [Saul Teukolsky, notableStudent, Frans Pretorius]
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A.
Piet Pretorius
Piet Pretorius is a notable member of the Pretorius family, a prominent South African family historically influential in the country’s political and social spheres.
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B.
Pierre van Ryneveld
Pierre van Ryneveld was a South African military officer and pioneering aviator who served as Chief of the South African Air Force and played a key role in developing the country’s air power.
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C.
Ben Viljoen
Ben Viljoen was a prominent Boer general and political figure who played a key leadership role in the Second Boer War against the British.
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D.
Mattheus Uys
Mattheus Uys is the given first name of Uys Krige, a notable South African poet, writer, and translator.
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E.
Andries Treurnicht
Andries Treurnicht was a prominent South African politician and staunch defender of apartheid who led a right-wing breakaway from the ruling National Party.
- 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: Frans Pretorius Target entity description: Frans Pretorius is a theoretical physicist known for pioneering numerical simulations of binary black hole mergers and advancing the study of general relativity and gravitational waves.
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A.
Piet Pretorius
Piet Pretorius is a notable member of the Pretorius family, a prominent South African family historically influential in the country’s political and social spheres.
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B.
Pierre van Ryneveld
Pierre van Ryneveld was a South African military officer and pioneering aviator who served as Chief of the South African Air Force and played a key role in developing the country’s air power.
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C.
Ben Viljoen
Ben Viljoen was a prominent Boer general and political figure who played a key leadership role in the Second Boer War against the British.
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D.
Mattheus Uys
Mattheus Uys is the given first name of Uys Krige, a notable South African poet, writer, and translator.
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E.
Andries Treurnicht
Andries Treurnicht was a prominent South African politician and staunch defender of apartheid who led a right-wing breakaway from the ruling National Party.
- 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_69e0c46898008190aa618a4af55bd1ee |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef8a0ed5388190b8f1932fb3f11c6a |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:41 p.m.