Triple
T8397218
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | P. W. Botha |
E198083
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Paul Roux, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa |
E198084
|
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: Paul Roux, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa | Statement: [P. W. Botha, placeOfBirth, Paul Roux, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Roux, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa Context triple: [P. W. Botha, placeOfBirth, Paul Roux, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa]
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A.
Paul Roux, Orange Free State
chosen
Paul Roux is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa, historically part of the former Orange Free State.
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B.
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
Petrus Jacobus "Piet" Joubert was a prominent 19th-century Boer military leader and politician who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
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C.
Marais Viljoen
Marais Viljoen was a South African politician who served as the last ceremonial State President before the establishment of the executive presidency under P.W. Botha.
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D.
Stephanus Schoeman
Stephanus Schoeman was a 19th-century Boer military and political leader who briefly headed the South African Republic during its early, turbulent years.
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E.
Werner Louw
Werner Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Louw.
- 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb818893348190a6ea2ff6a2e3e491 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cde867d21c8190b066a6c88273ec5a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.