Triple

T9351608
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South Sudanese Civil War E225030 entity
Predicate headOfOppositionSide P5584 FINISHED
Object Riek Machar
Riek Machar is a South Sudanese politician and rebel leader who has served as a key opposition figure and former vice president in the country’s turbulent post-independence politics.
E794057 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Riek Machar | Statement: [South Sudanese Civil War, headOfOppositionSide, Riek Machar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Riek Machar
Context triple: [South Sudanese Civil War, headOfOppositionSide, Riek Machar]
  • A. Salva Kiir Mayardit
    Salva Kiir Mayardit is a South Sudanese politician and military leader who has served as the country’s president since its independence in 2011.
  • B. Gawar Nuer
    Gawar Nuer is a dialect of the Nuer language spoken by the Gawar subgroup of the Nuer people in South Sudan.
  • C. John Garang
    John Garang was a Sudanese revolutionary leader and founder of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army who played a central role in the Second Sudanese Civil War and the eventual creation of South Sudan.
  • D. Bor Dinka
    Bor Dinka are a prominent subgroup of the Dinka people of South Sudan, known for their Nilotic pastoralist culture, cattle herding traditions, and significant role in the country’s political and social history.
  • E. Kipsigis
    Kipsigis is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Kipsigis people of Kenya, who are part of the larger Kalenjin ethnic group.
  • 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: Riek Machar
Triple: [South Sudanese Civil War, headOfOppositionSide, Riek Machar]
Generated description
Riek Machar is a South Sudanese politician and rebel leader who has served as a key opposition figure and former vice president in the country’s turbulent post-independence politics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Riek Machar
Target entity description: Riek Machar is a South Sudanese politician and rebel leader who has served as a key opposition figure and former vice president in the country’s turbulent post-independence politics.
  • A. Salva Kiir Mayardit
    Salva Kiir Mayardit is a South Sudanese politician and military leader who has served as the country’s president since its independence in 2011.
  • B. Gawar Nuer
    Gawar Nuer is a dialect of the Nuer language spoken by the Gawar subgroup of the Nuer people in South Sudan.
  • C. John Garang
    John Garang was a Sudanese revolutionary leader and founder of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army who played a central role in the Second Sudanese Civil War and the eventual creation of South Sudan.
  • D. Bor Dinka
    Bor Dinka are a prominent subgroup of the Dinka people of South Sudan, known for their Nilotic pastoralist culture, cattle herding traditions, and significant role in the country’s political and social history.
  • E. Kipsigis
    Kipsigis is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Kipsigis people of Kenya, who are part of the larger Kalenjin ethnic group.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: headOfOppositionSide
Context triple: [South Sudanese Civil War, headOfOppositionSide, Riek Machar]
  • A. oppositionLeader chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the primary political leader of the opposition in relation to another governing entity.
  • B. opposedLeader
    Indicates that one entity actively resisted, challenged, or worked against the leadership or authority of another entity.
  • C. primaryOpposingLeader
    Indicates that one entity serves as the main or chief leader directly opposing another entity in a conflict, competition, or political context.
  • D. mainOpposingPolitician
    Indicates that one politician is the primary political rival or adversary of another.
  • E. headOfCoalition
    Indicates that one entity serves as the leader or primary authority of a coalition formed by multiple entities.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ca842abfd48190949d71c3b86eeba8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd4f93a9848190ad2ae24f2aa607d2 completed April 1, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0f3d248a88190b7d17af66e2903c5 completed April 4, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0f46bd034819093e7157a3e1ac1fc completed April 4, 2026, 11:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0f5bf64548190b40e97b279db5105 completed April 4, 2026, 11:27 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cc7a68ab9481909f97cb70764697cc completed April 1, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:41 p.m.