Triple
T9146258
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Andries Pretorius |
E219461
|
entity |
| Predicate | memberOf |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pretorius family |
E219461
|
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: Pretorius family | Statement: [Andries Pretorius, memberOf, Pretorius family]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pretorius family Context triple: [Andries Pretorius, memberOf, Pretorius family]
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A.
Pretorius family
chosen
The Pretorius family is a prominent South African Afrikaner lineage historically influential in the politics and leadership of the Boer republics.
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B.
Kruger family
The Kruger family is a South African family lineage known through marital connections such as that of Geytie Maria du Plessis.
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C.
Madikizela family
The Madikizela family is a South African Xhosa family best known for producing prominent anti-apartheid activist and political leader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
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D.
Motsepe family
The Motsepe family is a prominent South African business dynasty best known for its mining interests, philanthropy, and the wealth of its patriarch, billionaire Patrice Motsepe.
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E.
Carbentus–van der Gaag family
The Carbentus–van der Gaag family is a Dutch family known from the 18th–19th centuries, associated with the social milieu around the young Vincent van Gogh through his mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus.
- 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_69ca83e121dc81909912bd66953081c5 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cca917914c8190b97ca9169bbd1e5e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0482995cc81909bfc202cbab7f8a1 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:19 p.m.