Triple
T8305056
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alice Krige |
E194443
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa
Upington is a town in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, known as a gateway to the Kalahari and the Augrabies Falls region along the Orange River.
|
E725417
|
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: Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa | Statement: [Alice Krige, placeOfBirth, Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa Context triple: [Alice Krige, placeOfBirth, Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa]
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A.
Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Centurion is a rapidly growing urban area in Gauteng, South Africa, situated between Pretoria and Johannesburg and known for its major commercial centers and transport links.
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B.
Qunu, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Qunu, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, is a rural village best known as the childhood home and final resting place of Nelson Mandela.
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C.
Mahlabathini, Natal, South Africa
Mahlabathini, in the former Natal province of South Africa, is a rural town historically significant as the birthplace and political base of Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
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D.
Stanger, Natal, South Africa
Stanger, Natal, South Africa (now known as KwaDukuza) is a town on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast notable as a regional commercial center with historical significance in South African politics and Indian-South African heritage.
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E.
Winburg, Orange Free State
Winburg, Orange Free State was a 19th-century town in the former Boer republic of the Orange Free State, in what is now central South Africa.
- 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: Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa Triple: [Alice Krige, placeOfBirth, Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa]
Generated description
Upington is a town in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, known as a gateway to the Kalahari and the Augrabies Falls region along the Orange River.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa Target entity description: Upington is a town in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, known as a gateway to the Kalahari and the Augrabies Falls region along the Orange River.
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A.
Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Centurion is a rapidly growing urban area in Gauteng, South Africa, situated between Pretoria and Johannesburg and known for its major commercial centers and transport links.
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B.
Qunu, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Qunu, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, is a rural village best known as the childhood home and final resting place of Nelson Mandela.
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C.
Mahlabathini, Natal, South Africa
Mahlabathini, in the former Natal province of South Africa, is a rural town historically significant as the birthplace and political base of Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
-
D.
Stanger, Natal, South Africa
Stanger, Natal, South Africa (now known as KwaDukuza) is a town on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast notable as a regional commercial center with historical significance in South African politics and Indian-South African heritage.
-
E.
Winburg, Orange Free State
Winburg, Orange Free State was a 19th-century town in the former Boer republic of the Orange Free State, in what is now central South Africa.
- 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_69ca82e613e88190bf8139669bbd0d53 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7e8db3a8819083772db5c7a2454b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:58 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd9545ffc48190869906b02692b873 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 9:59 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdab5d649c819098a7643d5a0b7827 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdb2c2e2248190bf52466abaebfe29 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:54 p.m.