Triple

T8004678
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South African general election, 1987 E186334 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object South African general election, 1989 E35019 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: South African general election, 1989 | Statement: [South African general election, 1987, followedBy, South African general election, 1989]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: South African general election, 1989
Context triple: [South African general election, 1987, followedBy, South African general election, 1989]
  • A. South African general election, 1989 chosen
    The South African general election of 1989 was the last whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, marking a turning point that led to negotiations to end minority rule and transition to democracy.
  • B. South African general election, 1987
    The South African general election of 1987 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, in which the ruling National Party retained power amid growing internal resistance and international pressure for reform.
  • C. South African general election, 1981
    The South African general election of 1981 was a whites-only parliamentary election held under the apartheid regime, shaping the composition of the House of Assembly during a period of intensifying internal resistance and international condemnation.
  • D. South African general election, 1999
    The South African general election of 1999 was the country's second democratic national vote after the end of apartheid, resulting in Thabo Mbeki succeeding Nelson Mandela as president.
  • E. 1994 South African general election
    The 1994 South African general election was the country’s first fully democratic, multiracial national vote that ended apartheid rule and brought Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress to power.
  • 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_69ca82aaaf24819084b94d18f699ba53 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3cf5fb588190ada4ec7d8087619c completed March 31, 2026, 3:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc63bf5efc8190aa5cdc6707adbf71 completed April 1, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:18 p.m.