Triple

T9904157
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Graaff-Reinet E182362 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff
Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff was an 18th-century Dutch colonial governor of the Cape Colony, after whom the South African town of Graaff-Reinet is named.
E827261 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: Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff | Statement: [Graaff-Reinet, namedAfter, Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff
Context triple: [Graaff-Reinet, namedAfter, Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff]
  • A. Ewald Georg von Kleist
    Ewald Georg von Kleist was an 18th-century German physicist and cleric best known as one of the independent inventors of the Leyden jar, an early device for storing static electricity.
  • B. Henry D. Paschen
    Henry D. Paschen was an American construction executive best known as the husband of pioneering Native American ballerina Maria Tallchief.
  • C. Ewald von Kleist
    Ewald von Kleist was a German field marshal who commanded panzer and army groups for the Wehrmacht during World War II, particularly on the Eastern Front.
  • D. Frederick Gardner Cottrell
    Frederick Gardner Cottrell was an American physical chemist and inventor best known for developing the electrostatic precipitator and for founding the Research Corporation to support scientific research.
  • E. Pieter van Musschenbroek
    Pieter van Musschenbroek was an 18th-century Dutch scientist best known for co-inventing the Leyden jar, one of the earliest devices capable of storing electrical charge.
  • 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: Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff
Triple: [Graaff-Reinet, namedAfter, Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff]
Generated description
Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff was an 18th-century Dutch colonial governor of the Cape Colony, after whom the South African town of Graaff-Reinet is named.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff
Target entity description: Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff was an 18th-century Dutch colonial governor of the Cape Colony, after whom the South African town of Graaff-Reinet is named.
  • A. Ewald Georg von Kleist
    Ewald Georg von Kleist was an 18th-century German physicist and cleric best known as one of the independent inventors of the Leyden jar, an early device for storing static electricity.
  • B. Henry D. Paschen
    Henry D. Paschen was an American construction executive best known as the husband of pioneering Native American ballerina Maria Tallchief.
  • C. Ewald von Kleist
    Ewald von Kleist was a German field marshal who commanded panzer and army groups for the Wehrmacht during World War II, particularly on the Eastern Front.
  • D. Frederick Gardner Cottrell
    Frederick Gardner Cottrell was an American physical chemist and inventor best known for developing the electrostatic precipitator and for founding the Research Corporation to support scientific research.
  • E. Pieter van Musschenbroek
    Pieter van Musschenbroek was an 18th-century Dutch scientist best known for co-inventing the Leyden jar, one of the earliest devices capable of storing electrical charge.
  • 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_69ca82876f8081909cf75df0f99bb13f completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb4e4f92c81908e38509416f19c78 completed April 2, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1eb2c1d5c8190b6f1c43254487893 completed April 5, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1ebbd5b708190869e9b72ef872be4 completed April 5, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1ec25192081908b384cefb5c325f1 completed April 5, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:40 p.m.