Triple
T8152083
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union era of South Africa |
E190355
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorEthnicPowerBloc |
P65193
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Afrikaners |
E1706
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Afrikaners | Statement: [Union era of South Africa, majorEthnicPowerBloc, Afrikaners]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afrikaners Context triple: [Union era of South Africa, majorEthnicPowerBloc, Afrikaners]
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A.
Afrikaners
chosen
Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended primarily from Dutch settlers, known for speaking Afrikaans and playing a central role in the country’s colonial and apartheid-era history.
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B.
Griqua people
The Griqua people are a mixed-race, Afrikaans-speaking community in South Africa with roots in Khoikhoi, European, and other ancestries, known for forming semi-independent polities during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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C.
White South Africans
White South Africans are a diverse population group in South Africa, largely descended from Dutch, British, and other European settlers, historically associated with political and economic dominance under colonialism and apartheid.
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D.
Herero
Herero is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and neighboring countries.
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E.
Khoisan peoples
The Khoisan peoples are indigenous ethnic groups of southern Africa known for their ancient hunter-gatherer and pastoralist traditions and distinctive click-language families.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: majorEthnicPowerBloc Context triple: [Union era of South Africa, majorEthnicPowerBloc, Afrikaners]
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A.
geopoliticalOrganization
Indicates that an entity functions as a political or governmental body associated with a specific geographic region or territory.
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B.
regionalBloc
Indicates that an entity is a member of, or associated with, a specific regional political or economic bloc.
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C.
dominantEthnicGroups
chosen
Indicates that the specified ethnic groups hold primary demographic, cultural, or political prominence within a given region or population.
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D.
geopoliticalRegion
Indicates a relationship where an entity is a defined political or administrative geographic area, such as a country, state, province, or similar region.
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E.
oneOfLargestEthnicGroupsIn
Indicates that an ethnic group is among the largest ethnic groups within a specified place or population.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69ca82be7ba8819087de0147e9292c83 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4483799c81908e73f9a87ed99185 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ccbef9f28881909961b599d395d6df |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69cb36a0847c8190af9038aef78319b3 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 2:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:37 p.m.