Triple
T5771956
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | State President of South Africa |
E127349
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHoldersIncluded |
P48460
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Marais Viljoen
Marais Viljoen was a South African politician who served as the last ceremonial State President before the establishment of the executive presidency under P.W. Botha.
|
E549524
|
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: Marais Viljoen | Statement: [State President of South Africa, officeHoldersIncluded, Marais Viljoen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marais Viljoen Context triple: [State President of South Africa, officeHoldersIncluded, Marais Viljoen]
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A.
Ben Viljoen
Ben Viljoen was a prominent Boer general and political figure who played a key leadership role in the Second Boer War against the British.
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B.
Adriaan van Zyl
Adriaan van Zyl is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Pact."
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C.
Werner Louw
Werner Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Louw.
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D.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Christiaan Bezuidenhout is a South African professional golfer known for his success on the European Tour and his remarkable rise despite overcoming significant personal health challenges.
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E.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
- 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: Marais Viljoen Triple: [State President of South Africa, officeHoldersIncluded, Marais Viljoen]
Generated description
Marais Viljoen was a South African politician who served as the last ceremonial State President before the establishment of the executive presidency under P.W. Botha.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marais Viljoen Target entity description: Marais Viljoen was a South African politician who served as the last ceremonial State President before the establishment of the executive presidency under P.W. Botha.
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A.
Ben Viljoen
Ben Viljoen was a prominent Boer general and political figure who played a key leadership role in the Second Boer War against the British.
-
B.
Adriaan van Zyl
Adriaan van Zyl is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Pact."
-
C.
Werner Louw
Werner Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Louw.
-
D.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Christiaan Bezuidenhout is a South African professional golfer known for his success on the European Tour and his remarkable rise despite overcoming significant personal health challenges.
-
E.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey was a prominent Boer general and military leader renowned for his tactical skill and guerrilla warfare during the Anglo-Boer conflicts in South Africa.
- 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_69c00834f6308190851b0abeddd8ed7e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0335f23c081909b35020801e3ef12 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0a16ea7108190adb0756dac94c42c |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0a27765688190b02a1b0cd39a87fe |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:16 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0a2fd7ec081909033994e5556a6ae |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:50 p.m.