Triple
T8138824
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smuts government |
E190037
|
entity |
| Predicate | governorGeneral |
P6465
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet was a South African jurist and statesman who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa during the mid-20th century.
|
E748171
|
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: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet | Statement: [Smuts government, governorGeneral, Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet Context triple: [Smuts government, governorGeneral, Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet]
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A.
Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan de Wet was a prominent Boer general and guerrilla leader renowned for his daring and highly effective campaigns against British forces during the Second Boer War.
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B.
Quartus de Wet
Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
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C.
Piet Joubert
Piet Joubert was a prominent Boer military leader and politician who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic and played a key role in conflicts against British rule in the late 19th century.
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D.
Piet Cronjé
Piet Cronjé was a prominent Boer general during the Second Boer War, best known for leading Transvaal forces and for his eventual surrender at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900.
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E.
Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Andries Hendrik Potgieter was a prominent Voortrekker leader and Boer pioneer who played a key role in establishing early Boer settlements in the interior of southern Africa during the 19th century.
- 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: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet Triple: [Smuts government, governorGeneral, Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet]
Generated description
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet was a South African jurist and statesman who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa during the mid-20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet Target entity description: Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet was a South African jurist and statesman who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa during the mid-20th century.
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A.
Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan de Wet was a prominent Boer general and guerrilla leader renowned for his daring and highly effective campaigns against British forces during the Second Boer War.
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B.
Quartus de Wet
Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
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C.
Piet Joubert
Piet Joubert was a prominent Boer military leader and politician who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic and played a key role in conflicts against British rule in the late 19th century.
-
D.
Piet Cronjé
Piet Cronjé was a prominent Boer general during the Second Boer War, best known for leading Transvaal forces and for his eventual surrender at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900.
-
E.
Andries Hendrik Potgieter
Andries Hendrik Potgieter was a prominent Voortrekker leader and Boer pioneer who played a key role in establishing early Boer settlements in the interior of southern Africa during the 19th century.
- 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_69ca82bd9900819099477cdc2eb4244f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4403cd348190a66ca9ee70d750fb |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cecc1842608190bc0fd78e28aa324d |
completed | April 2, 2026, 8:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cece14193081909e7b36f5b5b7da40 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 8:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cecee1db28819095f704b96b8c6d2a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:35 p.m.