Triple

T715444
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hendrik Verwoerd E14302 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Betsie Verwoerd
Betsie Verwoerd was the wife of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd and served as a prominent public figure during the apartheid era.
E95314 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: Betsie Verwoerd | Statement: [Hendrik Verwoerd, spouse, Betsie Verwoerd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betsie Verwoerd
Context triple: [Hendrik Verwoerd, spouse, Betsie Verwoerd]
  • A. Annie Botha
    Annie Botha was the wife of South African statesman and first Prime Minister Louis Botha, known for her role as a political hostess and supporter during his leadership in the early 20th century.
  • B. Wilhelmina Jacoba Neethling
    Wilhelmina Jacoba Neethling was the wife of South African Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog and a prominent figure in early 20th-century South African political and social life.
  • C. B. J. Vorster
    B. J. Vorster was a South African politician who served as prime minister and later state president during the apartheid era, playing a central role in enforcing and defending the system of racial segregation.
  • D. Geytie Maria du Plessis
    Geytie Maria du Plessis was the wife of Paul Kruger, the influential 19th-century president of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
  • E. Hendrik Verwoerd
    Hendrik Verwoerd was the South African prime minister widely regarded as the chief architect of the apartheid system of racial segregation and white minority rule.
  • 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: Betsie Verwoerd
Triple: [Hendrik Verwoerd, spouse, Betsie Verwoerd]
Generated description
Betsie Verwoerd was the wife of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd and served as a prominent public figure during the apartheid era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betsie Verwoerd
Target entity description: Betsie Verwoerd was the wife of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd and served as a prominent public figure during the apartheid era.
  • A. Annie Botha
    Annie Botha was the wife of South African statesman and first Prime Minister Louis Botha, known for her role as a political hostess and supporter during his leadership in the early 20th century.
  • B. Wilhelmina Jacoba Neethling
    Wilhelmina Jacoba Neethling was the wife of South African Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog and a prominent figure in early 20th-century South African political and social life.
  • C. B. J. Vorster
    B. J. Vorster was a South African politician who served as prime minister and later state president during the apartheid era, playing a central role in enforcing and defending the system of racial segregation.
  • D. Geytie Maria du Plessis
    Geytie Maria du Plessis was the wife of Paul Kruger, the influential 19th-century president of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
  • E. Hendrik Verwoerd
    Hendrik Verwoerd was the South African prime minister widely regarded as the chief architect of the apartheid system of racial segregation and white minority rule.
  • 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_69a4934a36e081909e7abef98b898a4e completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a574b4d881908b6d0be386081efd completed March 1, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6891b6d908190823a9a09cef5c7da completed March 3, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a68b72910081908792bc4760b0610a completed March 3, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6d634d6f08190a59ebda3bfe0d3db completed March 3, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.