Triple
T8257375
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | B. J. Vorster |
E193103
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | State President of South Africa |
E127349
|
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: State President of South Africa | Statement: [B. J. Vorster, positionHeld, State President of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State President of South Africa Context triple: [B. J. Vorster, positionHeld, State President of South Africa]
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A.
State President of South Africa
chosen
The State President of South Africa was the former head of state position during the apartheid era, preceding the modern office of the President of South Africa.
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B.
President of South Africa
The President of South Africa is the country’s head of state and head of government, elected by the National Assembly to lead the executive branch and represent the nation domestically and internationally.
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C.
Deputy President of South Africa
The Deputy President of South Africa is the second-highest executive official in the country’s government, serving as the principal assistant and potential successor to the President.
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D.
Minister in the Presidency of South Africa
The Minister in the Presidency of South Africa is a senior government official who oversees key cross-cutting functions of the executive, often including coordination of government policy, communication, and support to the President.
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E.
State President of the South African Republic
The State President of the South African Republic was the highest executive and political office of the independent Boer republic also known as the Transvaal, responsible for leading its government and representing it in domestic and international affairs.
- 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_69ca82dfad9c8190b8cd18fb89f50f40 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb78fce9308190ac36512e80b06b52 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:34 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd681e22188190b07ce523e2554812 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:49 p.m.