Triple
T22561654
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Makapansgat, South Africa |
E557829
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entity |
| Predicate | locatedIn |
P40
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FINISHED |
| Object | Makapansgat Valley |
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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: Makapansgat Valley | Statement: [Makapansgat, South Africa, locatedIn, Makapansgat Valley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Makapansgat Valley Context triple: [Makapansgat, South Africa, locatedIn, Makapansgat Valley]
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A.
Makapansgat, South Africa
chosen
Makapansgat, South Africa is a significant paleoanthropological site known for yielding important Australopithecus africanus fossils that have contributed to understanding early human evolution.
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B.
Sterkfontein
Sterkfontein is a renowned paleoanthropological site in South Africa famous for its rich hominin fossil discoveries that have greatly informed the study of human evolution.
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C.
Cradle of Humankind
The Cradle of Humankind is a renowned paleoanthropological site near Johannesburg that has yielded some of the world’s most important hominin fossils, illuminating early human evolution.
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D.
Stilfontein
Stilfontein is a mining town in South Africa’s North West Province, historically developed around gold mining operations near Klerksdorp.
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E.
Olduvai Gorge
Olduvai Gorge is a renowned paleoanthropological site in northern Tanzania where some of the earliest known human ancestors’ fossils and stone tools have been discovered.
- 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_69e11e5ae4ac8190b1f503457603d969 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15fa6a928819083925ea23aaaf725 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.