Triple
T23143613
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spoornet |
E577527
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Transnet Freight Rail |
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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: Transnet Freight Rail | Statement: [Spoornet, successor, Transnet Freight Rail]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transnet Freight Rail Context triple: [Spoornet, successor, Transnet Freight Rail]
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A.
Transnet Freight Rail
chosen
Transnet Freight Rail is South Africa’s state-owned freight rail transport company, operating an extensive national rail network that moves bulk commodities and general cargo.
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B.
Transnet SOC Ltd
Transnet SOC Ltd is South Africa’s state-owned freight transport and logistics company, overseeing rail, port, and pipeline infrastructure and operations.
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C.
Transnet integrated freight transport company
Transnet integrated freight transport company is South Africa’s state-owned logistics and freight transport group that manages and operates the country’s rail, port, and pipeline infrastructure.
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D.
Transnet National Ports Authority
Transnet National Ports Authority is South Africa’s state-owned ports authority responsible for managing and controlling the country’s major commercial seaports.
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E.
Botswana Railways
Botswana Railways is the state-owned railway company responsible for operating and managing Botswana’s national rail transport system.
- 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_69e245f8e6248190ba3d58e068b4dccb |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18ecc3710819088ac5d72dad0459a |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.