Triple

T8253124
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spies E193003 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Pierre Spies
Pierre Spies is a former South African rugby union player best known as a powerful and athletic number eight who represented the Springboks internationally.
 E724077 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: Pierre Spies | Statement: [Spies, hasNotableBearer, Pierre Spies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pierre Spies
Context triple: [Spies, hasNotableBearer, Pierre Spies]
  • A. Manie Maritz
    Manie Maritz was a South African military officer and Boer rebel leader best known for his prominent role in the 1914 Maritz Rebellion against the Union government during World War I.
  • B. Hendrik Schoeman
    Hendrik Schoeman was a prominent South African politician and Boer leader who served as a government minister in the South African Republic during the late 19th century.
  • C. Schalk van der Merwe
    Schalk van der Merwe was a South African professional tennis player active primarily in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • D. Darrell Roodt
    Darrell Roodt is a South African film director known for socially conscious dramas that often explore apartheid and its legacy, including the acclaimed musical film "Sarafina!".
  • E. Marius Louw
    Marius Louw is a South African professional rugby union player known for his performances as a centre in top domestic and international club competitions.
  • 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: Pierre Spies
Triple: [Spies, hasNotableBearer, Pierre Spies]
Generated description
Pierre Spies is a former South African rugby union player best known as a powerful and athletic number eight who represented the Springboks internationally.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pierre Spies
Target entity description: Pierre Spies is a former South African rugby union player best known as a powerful and athletic number eight who represented the Springboks internationally.
  • A. Manie Maritz
    Manie Maritz was a South African military officer and Boer rebel leader best known for his prominent role in the 1914 Maritz Rebellion against the Union government during World War I.
  • B. Hendrik Schoeman
    Hendrik Schoeman was a prominent South African politician and Boer leader who served as a government minister in the South African Republic during the late 19th century.
  • C. Schalk van der Merwe
    Schalk van der Merwe was a South African professional tennis player active primarily in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • D. Darrell Roodt
    Darrell Roodt is a South African film director known for socially conscious dramas that often explore apartheid and its legacy, including the acclaimed musical film "Sarafina!".
  • E. Marius Louw
    Marius Louw is a South African professional rugby union player known for his performances as a centre in top domestic and international club competitions.
  • 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_69ca82dfad9c8190b8cd18fb89f50f40 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb78cbc7cc81909931440e95d6e691 completed March 31, 2026, 7:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd681457908190b39fa034e9ca05d5 completed April 1, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd6d4fa17481909f28ad7eb9bceb42 completed April 1, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd7dd65fac8190b8f44b1cf2be7bdd completed April 1, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:48 p.m.