Triple
T17634761
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South African Border War |
E430065
|
entity |
| Predicate | commanders |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Magnus Malan
Magnus Malan was a South African military leader and politician who served as Minister of Defence during the apartheid era, playing a central role in the country’s security and military operations.
|
E1279839
|
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: Magnus Malan | Statement: [South African Border War, commanders, Magnus Malan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magnus Malan Context triple: [South African Border War, commanders, Magnus Malan]
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A.
Malachi Dower-Roberts
Malachi Dower-Roberts is an actor known for his role in the Australian film "The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson."
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B.
Tony Maylam
Tony Maylam is a British film director best known for his work in horror and documentary filmmaking, including the cult slasher film "The Burning."
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C.
Ian Mackley
Ian Mackley is the husband of British comedian and television personality Julian Clary.
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D.
Calum Hood
Calum Hood is an Australian musician best known as the bassist and vocalist of the pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer.
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E.
Keiron Melling
Keiron Melling is a musician best known as a guitarist for the long-running English post-punk band The Fall.
- 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: Magnus Malan Triple: [South African Border War, commanders, Magnus Malan]
Generated description
Magnus Malan was a South African military leader and politician who served as Minister of Defence during the apartheid era, playing a central role in the country’s security and military operations.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magnus Malan Target entity description: Magnus Malan was a South African military leader and politician who served as Minister of Defence during the apartheid era, playing a central role in the country’s security and military operations.
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A.
Malachi Dower-Roberts
Malachi Dower-Roberts is an actor known for his role in the Australian film "The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson."
-
B.
Tony Maylam
Tony Maylam is a British film director best known for his work in horror and documentary filmmaking, including the cult slasher film "The Burning."
-
C.
Ian Mackley
Ian Mackley is the husband of British comedian and television personality Julian Clary.
-
D.
Calum Hood
Calum Hood is an Australian musician best known as the bassist and vocalist of the pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer.
-
E.
Keiron Melling
Keiron Melling is a musician best known as a guitarist for the long-running English post-punk band The Fall.
- 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_69d889e37f308190a6aa0a69daff86c7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e46ddfeb7c8190a369b438e43d47b4 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a020a9f4ac08190b8fa7a2a19692bb5 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a020ea4e11c8190ac0d011bfc652090 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a020f1086f08190ad9541aadad1dea1 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:17 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:52 a.m.