Triple

T7998768
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Andries Hendrik Potgieter E186191 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Maria Susanna van der Merwe
Maria Susanna van der Merwe was the wife of Voortrekker leader Andries Hendrik Potgieter, associated with the early Afrikaner pioneer community in 19th-century South Africa.
E703924 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: Maria Susanna van der Merwe | Statement: [Andries Hendrik Potgieter, spouse, Maria Susanna van der Merwe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Susanna van der Merwe
Context triple: [Andries Hendrik Potgieter, spouse, Maria Susanna van der Merwe]
  • A. 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).
  • B. Greta G. Louw
    Greta G. Louw is a German-South African artist and curator known for her work exploring digital culture, online behavior, and the psychological impact of internet technologies.
  • C. Maria Louw
    Maria Louw was the wife of D. F. Malan, the South African prime minister and key architect of apartheid-era policies.
  • D. Hendrina Joubert
    Hendrina Joubert was the wife of prominent Boer general and politician Piet Joubert, associated with the late 19th-century history of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
  • E. Elize Botha
    Elize Botha was the wife of former South African State President P. W. Botha and served as the country’s First Lady during his tenure.
  • 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: Maria Susanna van der Merwe
Triple: [Andries Hendrik Potgieter, spouse, Maria Susanna van der Merwe]
Generated description
Maria Susanna van der Merwe was the wife of Voortrekker leader Andries Hendrik Potgieter, associated with the early Afrikaner pioneer community in 19th-century South Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Susanna van der Merwe
Target entity description: Maria Susanna van der Merwe was the wife of Voortrekker leader Andries Hendrik Potgieter, associated with the early Afrikaner pioneer community in 19th-century South Africa.
  • A. 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).
  • B. Greta G. Louw
    Greta G. Louw is a German-South African artist and curator known for her work exploring digital culture, online behavior, and the psychological impact of internet technologies.
  • C. Maria Louw
    Maria Louw was the wife of D. F. Malan, the South African prime minister and key architect of apartheid-era policies.
  • D. Hendrina Joubert
    Hendrina Joubert was the wife of prominent Boer general and politician Piet Joubert, associated with the late 19th-century history of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
  • E. Elize Botha
    Elize Botha was the wife of former South African State President P. W. Botha and served as the country’s First Lady during his tenure.
  • 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_69ca82aaaf24819084b94d18f699ba53 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3c9a12788190a5607a538f4e07c1 completed March 31, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cbe114372c819086f06e184d5ebde2 completed March 31, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cbe440a66c8190a5d5b417fb5082b7 completed March 31, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc338a1c48819086ece073e04e8fa6 completed March 31, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:17 p.m.