Triple

T18661669
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zakes Mokae E456212 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Zachariah Nokae
Zachariah "Zakes" Mokae was a South African-born actor renowned for his powerful performances in film and theater, particularly in works confronting apartheid and racial injustice.
E1335770 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: Zachariah Nokae | Statement: [Zakes Mokae, birthName, Zachariah Nokae]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zachariah Nokae
Context triple: [Zakes Mokae, birthName, Zachariah Nokae]
  • A. Nathaniel Waena
    Nathaniel Waena is a Solomon Islands politician who served as the country's Governor-General in the mid-2000s.
  • B. James Seipei
    James Seipei, better known as Stompie Seipei, was a South African teenage activist whose 1988 abduction and murder became one of the most notorious human rights abuse cases of the anti-apartheid struggle.
  • C. Asao Tokolo
    Asao Tokolo is a Japanese artist and graphic designer renowned for his intricate geometric patterns and for creating the official emblem of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  • D. Kurt Uenala
    Kurt Uenala is a Swiss-born music producer and electronic musician known for his collaborations with prominent artists in alternative and electronic music, including work with Depeche Mode and Dave Gahan.
  • E. Enoch Sontonga
    Enoch Sontonga was a South African composer and teacher best known for writing the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," which later became part of South Africa's national anthem.
  • 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: Zachariah Nokae
Triple: [Zakes Mokae, birthName, Zachariah Nokae]
Generated description
Zachariah "Zakes" Mokae was a South African-born actor renowned for his powerful performances in film and theater, particularly in works confronting apartheid and racial injustice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zachariah Nokae
Target entity description: Zachariah "Zakes" Mokae was a South African-born actor renowned for his powerful performances in film and theater, particularly in works confronting apartheid and racial injustice.
  • A. Nathaniel Waena
    Nathaniel Waena is a Solomon Islands politician who served as the country's Governor-General in the mid-2000s.
  • B. James Seipei
    James Seipei, better known as Stompie Seipei, was a South African teenage activist whose 1988 abduction and murder became one of the most notorious human rights abuse cases of the anti-apartheid struggle.
  • C. Asao Tokolo
    Asao Tokolo is a Japanese artist and graphic designer renowned for his intricate geometric patterns and for creating the official emblem of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  • D. Kurt Uenala
    Kurt Uenala is a Swiss-born music producer and electronic musician known for his collaborations with prominent artists in alternative and electronic music, including work with Depeche Mode and Dave Gahan.
  • E. Enoch Sontonga
    Enoch Sontonga was a South African composer and teacher best known for writing the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," which later became part of South Africa's national anthem.
  • 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_69d8d38f72b4819090a935175d9ca8af completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5508b35ec819085c1c4c2c98d6672 completed April 19, 2026, 10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05172697c48190a776fbdcdae93967 completed May 14, 2026, 12:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0518f7f4f881908fdcaa91a4c8c92f completed May 14, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a051965a1a88190ac6648438a8e80d4 completed May 14, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:48 a.m.