Triple
T4061469
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Daniel François Malan |
E86220
|
entity |
| Predicate | workLocation |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pretoria |
E5262
|
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: Pretoria | Statement: [Daniel François Malan, workLocation, Pretoria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pretoria Context triple: [Daniel François Malan, workLocation, Pretoria]
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A.
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein is a major South African city known as the seat of the country’s highest courts and one of its three national capitals.
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B.
Tshwane
Tshwane is a major metropolitan area in South Africa that includes the country’s administrative capital, Pretoria, and serves as an important political and economic hub.
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C.
Pretoria, South Africa
chosen
Pretoria, South Africa is one of the country’s three capital cities, serving as the administrative capital and a major center for government, education, and culture.
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D.
Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom is a historic university town in South Africa known for its academic institutions, military base, and role in the North West province’s agriculture and industry.
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E.
Cape Town
Cape Town is a major coastal city in South Africa known for its iconic Table Mountain, diverse culture, and role as the country’s legislative capital.
- 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_69aed93c69208190a4efac0efe3cd69b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefbd4acb0819093bcffcd05ed8e6f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b576730b24819081273a6815087f73 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.