Triple
T5406783
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tongaat |
E120910
|
entity |
| Predicate | governingBody |
P46
|
FINISHED |
| Object | eThekwini Municipality |
E125267
|
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: eThekwini Municipality | Statement: [Tongaat, governingBody, eThekwini Municipality]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eThekwini Municipality Context triple: [Tongaat, governingBody, eThekwini Municipality]
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A.
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
chosen
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a local government area in South Africa that encompasses the city of Durban and its surrounding towns and suburbs along the KwaZulu-Natal coast.
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B.
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality is a major metropolitan area in South Africa’s Eastern Cape that encompasses the city of Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) and surrounding towns and townships.
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C.
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality is the local government authority responsible for administering and providing services to the greater Johannesburg metropolitan area in South Africa.
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D.
West Rand District Municipality
West Rand District Municipality is a local government area in the western part of South Africa’s Gauteng province, encompassing several towns and mining communities.
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E.
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality is a large metropolitan municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, that includes Pretoria and surrounding areas as its administrative and economic hub.
- 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_69bd46391c0c81909fa484446732b6a3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd87924c588190beb4a1be27f8d11b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf4879955c8190bc82bef433294f7c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:05 p.m.