Triple
T6237318
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South African national rail network |
E139507
|
entity |
| Predicate | linkedPort |
P62623
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Port of Richards Bay |
E138242
|
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: Port of Richards Bay | Statement: [South African national rail network, linkedPort, Port of Richards Bay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port of Richards Bay Context triple: [South African national rail network, linkedPort, Port of Richards Bay]
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A.
Port of Durban
The Port of Durban is Africa’s busiest and largest container port, serving as a major gateway for maritime trade on the east coast of South Africa.
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B.
Port of Ngqura
The Port of Ngqura is a deep-water commercial seaport near Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) in South Africa, serving as a major container and transshipment hub on the country’s southeastern coast.
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C.
Port of Port Elizabeth
The Port of Port Elizabeth is a major South African seaport on Algoa Bay that handles containers, bulk cargo, and automotive exports, serving as a key hub for regional and international trade.
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D.
Richards Bay
chosen
Richards Bay is a coastal industrial city and major port on South Africa’s east coast.
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E.
Port of Cape Town
The Port of Cape Town is a major South African seaport and maritime hub serving international shipping, trade, and tourism on the Atlantic coast.
- 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_69c008b0e7ac8190808a59573ee646f3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c063021258819093a9237041816638 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c603e5b3d48190b156be02008a8c12 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:23 p.m.