Triple
T2435459
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Germiston |
E52949
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerProvince |
P25984
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Transvaal |
E14155
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Transvaal | Statement: [Germiston, formerProvince, Transvaal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transvaal Context triple: [Germiston, formerProvince, Transvaal]
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A.
Transvaal
chosen
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Thembuland
Thembuland is a historical region in South Africa that served as the traditional homeland of the Thembu people, an Nguni-speaking group to which figures like Nelson Mandela belong.
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C.
Kwaluseni
Kwaluseni is a town in Eswatini known primarily as the main campus site of the University of Eswatini.
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D.
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was a 19th-century independent Boer republic in southern Africa that later became a British colony following the Second Boer War.
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E.
South Rhodes
South Rhodes is a municipal unit on the island of Rhodes in Greece, known for its coastal villages, beaches, and relatively undeveloped natural landscapes.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ab4959bcc0819083246f9fb10439e3 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc9cd49b48190bff10a5ab7cef483 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af1f80d81c8190990b5037bb09b8db |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:43 p.m.