Triple

T21886714
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject State Secretary of the South African Republic E540423 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object Francis William Reitz — NE NERFINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Francis William Reitz | Statement: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, Francis William Reitz]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Francis William Reitz
Context triple: [State Secretary of the South African Republic, positionHeldBy, Francis William Reitz]
  • A. Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz chosen
    Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as State President of the Orange Free State and later as State Secretary of the South African Republic.
  • B. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert
    Frederik van Zyl Slabbert was a prominent South African politician, academic, and anti-apartheid reformist who led the parliamentary opposition before resigning to pursue broader democratic change.
  • C. Beyers Naudé
    Beyers Naudé was a prominent South African Afrikaner cleric and anti-apartheid activist who became a leading ecumenical voice for justice and reconciliation.
  • D. Roelf Meyer
    Roelf Meyer is a South African politician best known as a chief negotiator in the country’s transition from apartheid to democracy and for his role in drafting the post-apartheid constitution.
  • E. Quartus de Wet
    Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69e0c47a95908190ae3e19b716accb3d elicitation completed
NER batch_69f118ed35948190bbffba2c40029eee ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:05 p.m.