Triple
T5988404
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Govan Mbeki |
E133283
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nqamakwe, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Nqamakwe, in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a small rural town in the Eastern Cape notable as the birthplace of anti-apartheid activist and politician Govan Mbeki.
|
E560980
|
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: Nqamakwe, Cape Province, Union of South Africa | Statement: [Govan Mbeki, placeOfBirth, Nqamakwe, Cape Province, Union of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nqamakwe, Cape Province, Union of South Africa Context triple: [Govan Mbeki, placeOfBirth, Nqamakwe, Cape Province, Union of South Africa]
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A.
Mbewuleni, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Mbewuleni, in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural village best known as the birthplace of future South African president Thabo Mbeki.
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B.
Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Ngcobo, located in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural town in the Eastern Cape historically associated with anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu.
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C.
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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D.
Lichtenburg, Transvaal
Lichtenburg, Transvaal was a town in the former Transvaal province of South Africa, historically notable as a rural Boer settlement and later for its role in regional agriculture and diamond discoveries.
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E.
Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa is a historic mining city in the North West Province known as one of the country’s oldest European settlements and the birthplace of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
- 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: Nqamakwe, Cape Province, Union of South Africa Triple: [Govan Mbeki, placeOfBirth, Nqamakwe, Cape Province, Union of South Africa]
Generated description
Nqamakwe, in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a small rural town in the Eastern Cape notable as the birthplace of anti-apartheid activist and politician Govan Mbeki.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nqamakwe, Cape Province, Union of South Africa Target entity description: Nqamakwe, in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a small rural town in the Eastern Cape notable as the birthplace of anti-apartheid activist and politician Govan Mbeki.
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A.
Mbewuleni, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Mbewuleni, in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural village best known as the birthplace of future South African president Thabo Mbeki.
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B.
Ngcobo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Ngcobo, located in the former Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, is a rural town in the Eastern Cape historically associated with anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu.
-
C.
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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D.
Lichtenburg, Transvaal
Lichtenburg, Transvaal was a town in the former Transvaal province of South Africa, historically notable as a rural Boer settlement and later for its role in regional agriculture and diamond discoveries.
-
E.
Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa is a historic mining city in the North West Province known as one of the country’s oldest European settlements and the birthplace of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
- 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_69c0087010d081908bb8142342d63330 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c04dc51d948190bacf4c40a73e91b2 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c10854969c8190b9be249f26ad2f47 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c109bf2fb4819091915b2e10b629b8 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c10a5e061c81909e8085f3210452dc |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:04 p.m.