Triple
T7880076
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Retief |
E182954
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPlaceNamedAfter |
P21562
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Piet Retief, Mpumalanga |
E34478
|
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: Piet Retief, Mpumalanga | Statement: [Retief, hasPlaceNamedAfter, Piet Retief, Mpumalanga]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piet Retief, Mpumalanga Context triple: [Retief, hasPlaceNamedAfter, Piet Retief, Mpumalanga]
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A.
Piet Retief
chosen
Piet Retief was a prominent Voortrekker leader and pioneer of the Great Trek in 19th-century South Africa, known for his role in negotiating land with Zulu King Dingane and his subsequent massacre.
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B.
Verwoerd
Verwoerd is a surname most prominently associated with Hendrik Verwoerd, the South African prime minister widely regarded as the chief architect of apartheid.
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C.
Paul Roux, Orange Free State
Paul Roux is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa, historically part of the former Orange Free State.
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D.
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a 19th-century Boer leader who served as the first president of the South African Republic and played a key role in early Afrikaner state formation.
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E.
Makgoba
Makgoba is a South African surname most prominently associated with Thabo Makgoba, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.
- 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_69ca828a17248190b46defe758bc5ad3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb39bffbc481908e868ab98a38e10a |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cb5b86c20081909aa029cda7c48d44 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:58 p.m.