Triple
T10288987
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hugh Foot |
E241310
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British Colonial Service
The British Colonial Service was the administrative body responsible for governing and managing Britain’s overseas colonies through a professional corps of colonial officials.
|
E2336
|
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: British Colonial Service | Statement: [Hugh Foot, employer, British Colonial Service]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Colonial Service Context triple: [Hugh Foot, employer, British Colonial Service]
-
A.
British Indian Department
The British Indian Department was a colonial-era British agency responsible for managing relations and alliances with Indigenous nations in North America, particularly in the Great Lakes and frontier regions.
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B.
Indian Imperial Police
The Indian Imperial Police was the British colonial-era police force in India responsible for law enforcement and maintaining order before independence.
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C.
British colonial intelligence
British colonial intelligence was the network of intelligence and security services operated by the British Empire to monitor, control, and suppress political dissent and anti-colonial movements in its overseas territories.
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D.
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service was the elite administrative bureaucracy of British rule in India, responsible for governing and managing the colonial state's key functions.
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E.
Colonial Office
The Colonial Office was the British government department responsible for administering and overseeing the governance of the British Empire’s colonies and territories.
- 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: British Colonial Service Triple: [Hugh Foot, employer, British Colonial Service]
Generated description
The British Colonial Service was the administrative body responsible for governing and managing Britain’s overseas colonies through a professional corps of colonial officials.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Colonial Service Target entity description: The British Colonial Service was the administrative body responsible for governing and managing Britain’s overseas colonies through a professional corps of colonial officials.
-
A.
British Indian Department
The British Indian Department was a colonial-era British agency responsible for managing relations and alliances with Indigenous nations in North America, particularly in the Great Lakes and frontier regions.
-
B.
Indian Imperial Police
The Indian Imperial Police was the British colonial-era police force in India responsible for law enforcement and maintaining order before independence.
-
C.
British colonial intelligence
British colonial intelligence was the network of intelligence and security services operated by the British Empire to monitor, control, and suppress political dissent and anti-colonial movements in its overseas territories.
-
D.
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service was the elite administrative bureaucracy of British rule in India, responsible for governing and managing the colonial state's key functions.
-
E.
Colonial Office
chosen
The Colonial Office was the British government department responsible for administering and overseeing the governance of the British Empire’s colonies and territories.
- 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_69d381aaafc08190af475ef58dc16aba |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d2b9d76c8190b1ef6ecf4c1a2a09 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d6f8556f4081908390bc5c14dcf560 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d6fcaee26c8190a19f7d07a63531f6 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d6fd879ab88190b0a47295f5d7ad4d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:41 a.m.