Triple
T22332181
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers |
E552049
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableOfficeHolder |
P5750
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FINISHED |
| Object | Gwede Mantashe |
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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: Gwede Mantashe | Statement: [General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, notableOfficeHolder, Gwede Mantashe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gwede Mantashe Context triple: [General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, notableOfficeHolder, Gwede Mantashe]
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A.
Gwede Mantashe
chosen
Gwede Mantashe is a South African politician and trade unionist who has held senior leadership roles in the African National Congress and the national government.
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B.
Siphosethu Ngcobo
Siphosethu Ngcobo is a South African politician who serves in a top leadership role within the Inkatha Freedom Party.
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C.
Mzilikazi Khumalo
Mzilikazi Khumalo was the 19th-century founder and king of the Ndebele (Matabele) nation in southern Africa, renowned for his military leadership and state-building after breaking away from Shaka Zulu.
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D.
Mashobane Khumalo
Mashobane Khumalo was a prominent historical leader of the Khumalo dynasty in southern Africa, known as the father of the Ndebele king Mzilikazi.
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E.
Thokozani Khupe
Thokozani Khupe is a Zimbabwean politician who has served as a senior opposition leader and former deputy prime minister, prominently associated with the Movement for Democratic Change.
- 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_69e11e482f788190b78d1588fc26d606 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1577c1a5c819092ac468a7d5ce499 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:43 p.m.