Triple
T5940098
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cape Town International Airport |
E132144
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
DF Malan Airport
DF Malan Airport was the former name of Cape Town’s main international airport during the apartheid era in South Africa.
|
E559253
|
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: DF Malan Airport | Statement: [Cape Town International Airport, formerName, DF Malan Airport]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DF Malan Airport Context triple: [Cape Town International Airport, formerName, DF Malan Airport]
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A.
Jan Smuts International Airport
Jan Smuts International Airport was the former name of Johannesburg’s main international airport, now known as O. R. Tambo International Airport, and served as South Africa’s primary aviation hub during much of the 20th century.
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B.
Pietermaritzburg Airport
Pietermaritzburg Airport is a regional airport in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, providing primarily domestic passenger services.
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C.
Bram Fischer International Airport
Bram Fischer International Airport is the primary airport serving Bloemfontein and the surrounding Free State region in South Africa.
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D.
Nelson Mandela International Airport
Nelson Mandela International Airport is the main international gateway serving Praia and the island of Santiago in Cape Verde.
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E.
Ladysmith Airport
Ladysmith Airport is a small regional airport serving the town of Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, primarily handling general aviation and limited commercial flights.
- 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: DF Malan Airport Triple: [Cape Town International Airport, formerName, DF Malan Airport]
Generated description
DF Malan Airport was the former name of Cape Town’s main international airport during the apartheid era in South Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DF Malan Airport Target entity description: DF Malan Airport was the former name of Cape Town’s main international airport during the apartheid era in South Africa.
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A.
Jan Smuts International Airport
Jan Smuts International Airport was the former name of Johannesburg’s main international airport, now known as O. R. Tambo International Airport, and served as South Africa’s primary aviation hub during much of the 20th century.
-
B.
Pietermaritzburg Airport
Pietermaritzburg Airport is a regional airport in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, providing primarily domestic passenger services.
-
C.
Bram Fischer International Airport
Bram Fischer International Airport is the primary airport serving Bloemfontein and the surrounding Free State region in South Africa.
-
D.
Nelson Mandela International Airport
Nelson Mandela International Airport is the main international gateway serving Praia and the island of Santiago in Cape Verde.
-
E.
Ladysmith Airport
Ladysmith Airport is a small regional airport serving the town of Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, primarily handling general aviation and limited commercial flights.
- 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_69c0085c55dc8190aa90e242c956e2fa |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c038f101c081908fb530d2f1f358fc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0e3b68a1c81908a219ffee8300e02 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 6:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0f69ac3f8819093ef9965395b5a44 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 8:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0f76626208190a6fe34192f3d4e2e |
completed | March 23, 2026, 8:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:01 p.m.