Triple
T103955
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) |
E2099
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Portuguese Ceylon |
E12377
|
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: Portuguese Ceylon | Statement: [Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon), predecessor, Portuguese Ceylon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese Ceylon Context triple: [Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon), predecessor, Portuguese Ceylon]
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A.
Portuguese Ceylon
chosen
Portuguese Ceylon was the period of Portuguese colonial rule over parts of the island of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) from the early 16th to mid-17th century, marked by control of coastal regions and the spice trade.
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B.
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
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C.
British Ceylon
British Ceylon was the British colonial possession in the Indian Ocean that encompassed the island of present-day Sri Lanka from the late 18th century until its independence in 1948.
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D.
Dominion of Ceylon
The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
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E.
Dutch Brazil
Dutch Brazil was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colony in northeastern Brazil, centered on Recife, that served as a key hub for the Atlantic sugar and slave trades.
- 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_69a24e0a5b7c81908d52da08c60dabc4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a256aaed108190ba12e36364d30ede |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a29e45d6488190bc982137255c79f9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:50 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.