Triple
T23535382
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman |
E576685
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thalmus Rasulala |
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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: Thalmus Rasulala | Statement: [The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, starring, Thalmus Rasulala]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thalmus Rasulala Context triple: [The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, starring, Thalmus Rasulala]
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A.
Thalmus Rasulala
chosen
Thalmus Rasulala was an American actor known for his roles in 1970s film and television, particularly in blaxploitation cinema and popular TV series.
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B.
Johannes Modise
Johannes "Joe" Modise was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first post-apartheid Minister of Defence.
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C.
Winston Ntshona
Winston Ntshona was a South African actor and playwright renowned for his politically charged stage work and his collaborations with Athol Fugard and John Kani, including the Tony Award-winning play "Sizwe Banzi Is Dead."
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D.
Velile Tshabalala
Velile Tshabalala is a British actress best known to Doctor Who fans for her role in the 2008 Christmas special "The Next Doctor."
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E.
Sam Nhlengethwa
Sam Nhlengethwa is a prominent South African artist known for his collage-based works that explore jazz culture, township life, and social realities.
- 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_69e245f5a8848190a2ba42e271c6c31f |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1ae164f348190a6bde1a0dfc66389 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:10 p.m.