Triple
T6947583
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marthinus Theunis Steyn |
E160835
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthPlace |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Winburg district, Orange Free State |
E45466
|
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: Winburg district, Orange Free State | Statement: [Marthinus Theunis Steyn, birthPlace, Winburg district, Orange Free State]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Winburg district, Orange Free State Context triple: [Marthinus Theunis Steyn, birthPlace, Winburg district, Orange Free State]
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A.
Winburg, Orange Free State
chosen
Winburg, Orange Free State was a 19th-century town in the former Boer republic of the Orange Free State, in what is now central South Africa.
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B.
Smithfield district, Orange Free State
Smithfield district, Orange Free State was a rural administrative area in the former Orange Free State republic in southern Africa, known historically as the birthplace of prominent Boer general and politician Christiaan de Wet.
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C.
Overberg District
Overberg District is a coastal region in South Africa’s Western Cape province, known for its scenic landscapes, agriculture, and popular whale-watching towns like Hermanus.
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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.
Ngaka Modiri Molema District
Ngaka Modiri Molema District is an administrative district municipality in South Africa’s North West province, centered around the city of Mahikeng and known for its mix of urban and rural communities.
- 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_69c68850419081909fb426b8f5a304c7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6daabc624819091a03289241b43c8 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c75870719481908312b387a3c6ce81 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:28 p.m.