Triple
T4061498
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Malan |
E86221
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jacques Malan
Jacques Malan is a notable individual bearing the Malan surname, which is associated with prominent figures in South African history and public life.
|
E409919
|
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: Jacques Malan | Statement: [Malan, hasNotableBearer, Jacques Malan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Malan Context triple: [Malan, hasNotableBearer, Jacques Malan]
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A.
Francois Louw
Francois Louw is a former South African rugby union flanker who played for the national team, the Springboks, and had a distinguished club career with Bath Rugby in England.
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B.
Etienne Louw
Etienne Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Louw.
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C.
Jacques Louw
Jacques Louw is a South African rugby union player known for his performances as a flanker at professional and international levels.
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D.
Benoit Dageville
Benoit Dageville is a French computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the cloud data platform company Snowflake.
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E.
Luc Jacquet
Luc Jacquet is a French filmmaker best known for his Oscar-winning nature documentary "March of the Penguins," which brought international attention to emperor penguins and environmental issues.
- 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: Jacques Malan Triple: [Malan, hasNotableBearer, Jacques Malan]
Generated description
Jacques Malan is a notable individual bearing the Malan surname, which is associated with prominent figures in South African history and public life.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Malan Target entity description: Jacques Malan is a notable individual bearing the Malan surname, which is associated with prominent figures in South African history and public life.
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A.
Francois Louw
Francois Louw is a former South African rugby union flanker who played for the national team, the Springboks, and had a distinguished club career with Bath Rugby in England.
-
B.
Etienne Louw
Etienne Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Louw.
-
C.
Jacques Louw
Jacques Louw is a South African rugby union player known for his performances as a flanker at professional and international levels.
-
D.
Benoit Dageville
Benoit Dageville is a French computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the cloud data platform company Snowflake.
-
E.
Luc Jacquet
Luc Jacquet is a French filmmaker best known for his Oscar-winning nature documentary "March of the Penguins," which brought international attention to emperor penguins and environmental issues.
- 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_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_69b562ac25848190951431c9c853cc59 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5633103e081909dbe7a7e54877343 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b563eca17c81908deff0d361a7be87 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.