Triple
T9146260
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius |
E219461
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pretorius
Pretorius is a South African surname most notably associated with Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, a key 19th-century Boer political leader and first president of the South African Republic.
|
E35018
|
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: Pretorius | Statement: [Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, familyName, Pretorius]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pretorius Context triple: [Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, familyName, Pretorius]
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A.
Andries Pretorius
Andries Pretorius was a prominent 19th-century Boer leader and military commander who played a key role in establishing Afrikaner republics in southern Africa.
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B.
Piet Cronjé
Piet Cronjé was a prominent Boer general during the Second Boer War, best known for leading Transvaal forces and for his eventual surrender at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900.
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C.
Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan de Wet was a prominent Boer general and guerrilla leader renowned for his daring and highly effective campaigns against British forces during the Second Boer War.
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D.
Boer general Koos de la Rey
Boer general Koos de la Rey was a renowned South African military leader of the Second Boer War, celebrated for his tactical brilliance and revered as one of the most formidable Boer commanders.
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E.
Quartus de Wet
Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
- 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: Pretorius Triple: [Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, familyName, Pretorius]
Generated description
Pretorius is a South African surname most notably associated with Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, a key 19th-century Boer political leader and first president of the South African Republic.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pretorius Target entity description: Pretorius is a South African surname most notably associated with Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, a key 19th-century Boer political leader and first president of the South African Republic.
-
A.
Andries Pretorius
chosen
Andries Pretorius was a prominent 19th-century Boer leader and military commander who played a key role in establishing Afrikaner republics in southern Africa.
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B.
Piet Cronjé
Piet Cronjé was a prominent Boer general during the Second Boer War, best known for leading Transvaal forces and for his eventual surrender at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900.
-
C.
Christiaan de Wet
Christiaan de Wet was a prominent Boer general and guerrilla leader renowned for his daring and highly effective campaigns against British forces during the Second Boer War.
-
D.
Boer general Koos de la Rey
Boer general Koos de la Rey was a renowned South African military leader of the Second Boer War, celebrated for his tactical brilliance and revered as one of the most formidable Boer commanders.
-
E.
Quartus de Wet
Quartus de Wet was the South African judge who presided over the landmark Rivonia Trial that led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders.
- F. None of above.
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_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_69d05bfe53808190ac4cb24823b886d3 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d05d858f7481908151d87e1a33016a |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d05e11d3e481908a7a25d8c18b3008 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:19 p.m.