Triple

T10873247
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Government House, Salisbury E256709 entity
Predicate governorTitle P1893 FINISHED
Object Governor of Southern Rhodesia
The Governor of Southern Rhodesia was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of the colonial government in Southern Rhodesia prior to the territory’s transition to majority rule and independence as Zimbabwe.
E890059 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: Governor of Southern Rhodesia | Statement: [Government House, Salisbury, governorTitle, Governor of Southern Rhodesia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor of Southern Rhodesia
Context triple: [Government House, Salisbury, governorTitle, Governor of Southern Rhodesia]
  • A. Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of state for the semi-autonomous federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in southern Africa during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Governor of Nyasaland
    The Governor of Nyasaland was the British colonial administrator who served as the Crown’s chief representative and head of government in the Nyasaland Protectorate (modern-day Malawi).
  • C. Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
    The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in South Africa from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961.
  • D. Governor of Natal
    The Governor of Natal was the British colonial official who served as the monarch’s representative and chief administrator in the Colony of Natal prior to its incorporation into the Union of South Africa.
  • E. Governor of British Guiana
    The Governor of British Guiana was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in British Guiana, overseeing the territory’s government and imperial interests until independence.
  • 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: Governor of Southern Rhodesia
Triple: [Government House, Salisbury, governorTitle, Governor of Southern Rhodesia]
Generated description
The Governor of Southern Rhodesia was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of the colonial government in Southern Rhodesia prior to the territory’s transition to majority rule and independence as Zimbabwe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor of Southern Rhodesia
Target entity description: The Governor of Southern Rhodesia was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of the colonial government in Southern Rhodesia prior to the territory’s transition to majority rule and independence as Zimbabwe.
  • A. Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of state for the semi-autonomous federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in southern Africa during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Governor of Nyasaland
    The Governor of Nyasaland was the British colonial administrator who served as the Crown’s chief representative and head of government in the Nyasaland Protectorate (modern-day Malawi).
  • C. Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
    The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in South Africa from its formation in 1910 until it became a republic in 1961.
  • D. Governor of Natal
    The Governor of Natal was the British colonial official who served as the monarch’s representative and chief administrator in the Colony of Natal prior to its incorporation into the Union of South Africa.
  • E. Governor of British Guiana
    The Governor of British Guiana was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in British Guiana, overseeing the territory’s government and imperial interests until independence.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69d6aa848804819081b2713ca0bedf06 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d751885b348190baf6eb606089a438 completed April 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69dff7dbea28819083511b56bcd7d4ce completed April 15, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e0026fda3c8190b60174b252d57e12 completed April 15, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e00581fde08190b28b8dde4a21d59e completed April 15, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:21 p.m.