Triple
T2727194
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Xhosa people |
E60221
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotablePerson |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Steve Biko
Steve Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist and leading proponent of the Black Consciousness Movement, whose ideas and death in police custody made him an enduring symbol of resistance to racial oppression.
|
E292520
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Steve Biko | Statement: [Xhosa people, hasNotablePerson, Steve Biko]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Biko Context triple: [Xhosa people, hasNotablePerson, Steve Biko]
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A.
Chris Hani
Chris Hani was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader and military commander of the African National Congress who became a symbol of resistance before his assassination in 1993.
-
B.
Yusuf Dadoo
Yusuf Dadoo was a prominent South African Indian anti-apartheid leader, physician, and communist activist who played a key role in uniting Indian and African resistance against racial segregation.
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C.
Ahmed Kathrada
Ahmed Kathrada was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, close associate of Nelson Mandela, and long-serving political prisoner who later became a key figure in the post-apartheid government.
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D.
Robert Sobukwe
Robert Sobukwe was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader, founding president of the Pan Africanist Congress, and a powerful advocate of African nationalism whose activism led to long-term imprisonment and enduring political influence.
-
E.
Denis Goldberg
Denis Goldberg was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the armed wing of the ANC who was sentenced to life imprisonment alongside Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia Trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Steve Biko Triple: [Xhosa people, hasNotablePerson, Steve Biko]
Generated description
Steve Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist and leading proponent of the Black Consciousness Movement, whose ideas and death in police custody made him an enduring symbol of resistance to racial oppression.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Biko Target entity description: Steve Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist and leading proponent of the Black Consciousness Movement, whose ideas and death in police custody made him an enduring symbol of resistance to racial oppression.
-
A.
Chris Hani
Chris Hani was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader and military commander of the African National Congress who became a symbol of resistance before his assassination in 1993.
-
B.
Yusuf Dadoo
Yusuf Dadoo was a prominent South African Indian anti-apartheid leader, physician, and communist activist who played a key role in uniting Indian and African resistance against racial segregation.
-
C.
Ahmed Kathrada
Ahmed Kathrada was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, close associate of Nelson Mandela, and long-serving political prisoner who later became a key figure in the post-apartheid government.
-
D.
Robert Sobukwe
Robert Sobukwe was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader, founding president of the Pan Africanist Congress, and a powerful advocate of African nationalism whose activism led to long-term imprisonment and enduring political influence.
-
E.
Denis Goldberg
Denis Goldberg was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the armed wing of the ANC who was sentenced to life imprisonment alongside Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia Trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ab4b75cd908190b691ef0d1801acda |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdacffa6481909df37335e8fdd595 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afb6982974819089d0ef4a59cc4085 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afb7166d788190ac219fe3c3e164fe |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afb7acf3588190813bde4428dfe5f4 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.