Triple
T5240456
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mac Maharaj |
E118326
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Newcastle, Natal Province, South Africa |
E42618
|
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: Newcastle, Natal Province, South Africa | Statement: [Mac Maharaj, placeOfBirth, Newcastle, Natal Province, South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Newcastle, Natal Province, South Africa Context triple: [Mac Maharaj, placeOfBirth, Newcastle, Natal Province, South Africa]
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A.
Newcastle, Natal
chosen
Newcastle, Natal is a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, historically significant as a coal-mining and industrial center with strategic importance during the Anglo-Boer War.
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B.
Natal, South Africa
Natal, South Africa was a former British colony and later a province on the country’s eastern coast, centered around the port city of Durban and known for its diverse population and sugarcane agriculture.
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C.
Stanger, Natal, South Africa
Stanger, Natal, South Africa (now known as KwaDukuza) is a town on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast notable as a regional commercial center with historical significance in South African politics and Indian-South African heritage.
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D.
Newcastle Local Municipality
Newcastle Local Municipality is a local government area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, that administers the town of Newcastle and its surrounding communities.
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E.
Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa
Bellville is a major suburb of Cape Town in South Africa’s Western Cape, known as a commercial and transport hub that hosts the head offices of several large companies.
- 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_69bd4467db0881909b3b0982df32cc8f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7b2a52fc8190a22631e1853c74a3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bef8278cb88190aa1e0a42d2f8fe8d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:49 p.m.