Triple
T21157453
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ambassador of South Africa to the United States |
E521348
|
entity |
| Predicate | appointedBy |
P257
|
FINISHED |
| Object | President of South Africa |
E23902
|
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: President of South Africa | Statement: [Ambassador of South Africa to the United States, appointedBy, President of South Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: President of South Africa Context triple: [Ambassador of South Africa to the United States, appointedBy, President of South Africa]
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A.
President of South Africa
chosen
The President of South Africa is the country’s head of state and head of government, elected by the National Assembly to lead the executive branch and represent the nation domestically and internationally.
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B.
State President of South Africa
The State President of South Africa was the former head of state position during the apartheid era, preceding the modern office of the President of South Africa.
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C.
Deputy President of South Africa
The Deputy President of South Africa is the second-highest executive official in the country’s government, serving as the principal assistant and potential successor to the President.
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D.
Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
The Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa was the head of government of the Union from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961, overseeing executive authority and national administration.
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E.
President of the Senate of South Africa
The President of the Senate of South Africa was the presiding officer of the country’s former upper parliamentary chamber, responsible for overseeing its debates and procedures before the Senate was abolished.
- 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_69e0b50d1ea481909c07e63c3ead9316 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7252dc3f0819094c6acf52a9f308d |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a096dcc21348190ab0c6078cc8640d1 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:27 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:59 p.m.