Triple
T22212478
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | African Writers Series |
E548986
|
entity |
| Predicate | helpedLaunchCareerOf |
P14805
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alex La Guma |
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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: Alex La Guma | Statement: [African Writers Series, helpedLaunchCareerOf, Alex La Guma]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex La Guma Context triple: [African Writers Series, helpedLaunchCareerOf, Alex La Guma]
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A.
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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B.
Denis Goldberg
Denis Goldberg was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the armed wing of the ANC who was sentenced to life imprisonment alongside Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia Trial.
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C.
Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach is a renowned South African Afrikaans poet, writer, and painter known for his anti-apartheid activism and influential literary work.
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D.
Moses Kotane
Moses Kotane was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader, long-time secretary-general of the South African Communist Party, and senior African National Congress figure.
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E.
Albie Sachs
Albie Sachs is a South African anti-apartheid activist, former Constitutional Court judge, and prominent human rights lawyer known for his role in shaping South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution.
- 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: Alex La Guma Target entity description: Alex La Guma was a South African novelist, journalist, and anti-apartheid activist whose politically charged fiction made him a prominent figure in African literature.
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A.
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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B.
Denis Goldberg
Denis Goldberg was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the armed wing of the ANC who was sentenced to life imprisonment alongside Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia Trial.
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C.
Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach is a renowned South African Afrikaans poet, writer, and painter known for his anti-apartheid activism and influential literary work.
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D.
Moses Kotane
Moses Kotane was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader, long-time secretary-general of the South African Communist Party, and senior African National Congress figure.
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E.
Albie Sachs
Albie Sachs is a South African anti-apartheid activist, former Constitutional Court judge, and prominent human rights lawyer known for his role in shaping South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution.
- 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_69e11e3f7e04819089806d81d5ac431e |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12b2c8b608190b0047af4ac91b023 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:36 p.m.