Triple
T22063862
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kgalema Motlanthe |
E545218
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entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Jacob Zuma |
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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: Jacob Zuma | Statement: [Kgalema Motlanthe, succeededBy, Jacob Zuma]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Zuma Context triple: [Kgalema Motlanthe, succeededBy, Jacob Zuma]
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A.
Jacob Zuma
chosen
Jacob Zuma is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served as the country’s president from 2009 to 2018 and was widely associated with corruption scandals and state capture allegations.
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B.
Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African politician, businessman, and anti-apartheid activist who became the country’s president after a prominent career in trade union leadership and the private sector.
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C.
Dembe Zuma
Dembe Zuma is a loyal and stoic former bodyguard turned FBI collaborator in the crime thriller TV series "The Blacklist."
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D.
Mbeki
Mbeki is a South African surname most prominently associated with former president Thabo Mbeki and his politically influential family.
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E.
Kgalema Motlanthe
Kgalema Motlanthe is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who briefly served as the country's president from 2008 to 2009.
- 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_69e11e3377c48190890c17407b9527d6 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12881f9e0819091b8e6d8ff6802bd |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:27 p.m.