Triple
T2467737
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stellenbosch |
E55292
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Simon van der Stel |
E270070
|
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: Simon van der Stel | Statement: [Stellenbosch, namedAfter, Simon van der Stel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon van der Stel Context triple: [Stellenbosch, namedAfter, Simon van der Stel]
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A.
Simon van der Stel
chosen
Simon van der Stel was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who served as Governor of the Cape Colony and played a key role in developing its wine industry and inland settlements.
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B.
Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who established the first permanent European settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, laying the foundations for later Afrikaner society in South Africa.
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C.
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a 19th-century Boer leader who served as the first president of the South African Republic and played a key role in early Afrikaner state formation.
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D.
Jozias van Aartsen
Jozias van Aartsen is a Dutch politician who has held prominent national and local offices, including serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mayor of The Hague.
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E.
Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Andries Hendrik Potgieter was a prominent Voortrekker leader and Boer pioneer who played a key role in establishing early Boer settlements in the interior of southern Africa during the 19th century.
- 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_69ab49e3622c8190ad22afa2c4fbb807 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd13310a8819095fd70672f933aa3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af1f86a1bc8190af02a1109ccf0773 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.