Triple

T9119775
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Governor-General of the Union of South Africa E218814 entity
Predicate flagUsed P591 FINISHED
Object Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa
The Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa was the official standard flown to represent the British monarch’s vice-regal representative in South Africa during the period of the Union (1910–1961).
E779153 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: Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa | Statement: [Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, flagUsed, Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa
Context triple: [Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, flagUsed, Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa]
  • A. Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)
    The Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) was the former national flag featuring the orange-white-blue horizontal tricolour with inset miniature Union Jack, Orange Free State, and Transvaal Vierkleur, symbolizing the country’s colonial and Afrikaner heritage during the apartheid era.
  • B. Flag of the South African Republic
    The Flag of the South African Republic was the national banner of the Boer-ruled Transvaal republic in the 19th and early 20th centuries, symbolizing its independence before incorporation into the British Empire.
  • C. Flag of the Orange Free State
    The Flag of the Orange Free State was the national flag of the former Boer republic in southern Africa, featuring horizontal orange and white stripes with a Dutch tricolor in the canton.
  • D. Flag of Natal Colony
    The Flag of Natal Colony was a British colonial ensign featuring the Union Jack with a distinctive badge representing the Colony of Natal in South Africa.
  • E. Flag of the Orange River Colony
    The Flag of the Orange River Colony was the official British colonial ensign used in the early 20th century to represent the former Boer republic of the Orange Free State after its annexation by the United Kingdom.
  • 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: Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa
Triple: [Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, flagUsed, Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa]
Generated description
The Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa was the official standard flown to represent the British monarch’s vice-regal representative in South Africa during the period of the Union (1910–1961).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa
Target entity description: The Governor-General's flag of the Union of South Africa was the official standard flown to represent the British monarch’s vice-regal representative in South Africa during the period of the Union (1910–1961).
  • A. Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)
    The Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) was the former national flag featuring the orange-white-blue horizontal tricolour with inset miniature Union Jack, Orange Free State, and Transvaal Vierkleur, symbolizing the country’s colonial and Afrikaner heritage during the apartheid era.
  • B. Flag of the South African Republic
    The Flag of the South African Republic was the national banner of the Boer-ruled Transvaal republic in the 19th and early 20th centuries, symbolizing its independence before incorporation into the British Empire.
  • C. Flag of the Orange Free State
    The Flag of the Orange Free State was the national flag of the former Boer republic in southern Africa, featuring horizontal orange and white stripes with a Dutch tricolor in the canton.
  • D. Flag of Natal Colony
    The Flag of Natal Colony was a British colonial ensign featuring the Union Jack with a distinctive badge representing the Colony of Natal in South Africa.
  • E. Flag of the Orange River Colony
    The Flag of the Orange River Colony was the official British colonial ensign used in the early 20th century to represent the former Boer republic of the Orange Free State after its annexation by the United Kingdom.
  • 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_69ca83dddd548190983b96c664f7f367 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8a902e08190a7eb4728f32b9e1d completed April 1, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d030867d248190ad5b5ba3047426bb completed April 3, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0316f47c88190920843b469d15069 completed April 3, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d032778adc8190a087497507a6e1ca completed April 3, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:17 p.m.