Triple

T10873476
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tintenpalast E256714 entity
Predicate originallyBuiltFor P11902 FINISHED
Object German colonial administration of German South West Africa
The German colonial administration of German South West Africa was the governing authority established by the German Empire to control and administer its colony in present-day Namibia from the late 19th century until World War I.
E890073 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: German colonial administration of German South West Africa | Statement: [Tintenpalast, originallyBuiltFor, German colonial administration of German South West Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German colonial administration of German South West Africa
Context triple: [Tintenpalast, originallyBuiltFor, German colonial administration of German South West Africa]
  • A. South African occupation of South West Africa
    The South African occupation of South West Africa was the decades-long control and administration of present-day Namibia by apartheid-era South Africa, marked by racial segregation, international disputes, and a protracted struggle for independence.
  • B. Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa
    The Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa was the colonial military force of the German Empire in present-day Namibia, used to enforce imperial rule and suppress local uprisings during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. German East Africa
    German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.
  • D. South-West Africa Campaign
    The South-West Africa Campaign was a World War I military operation in which South African forces invaded and defeated German colonial rule in present-day Namibia.
  • E. German colonial empire
    The German colonial empire was the overseas territories controlled by Germany from the late 19th century until World War I, including possessions in Africa, the Pacific, and China.
  • 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: German colonial administration of German South West Africa
Triple: [Tintenpalast, originallyBuiltFor, German colonial administration of German South West Africa]
Generated description
The German colonial administration of German South West Africa was the governing authority established by the German Empire to control and administer its colony in present-day Namibia from the late 19th century until World War I.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German colonial administration of German South West Africa
Target entity description: The German colonial administration of German South West Africa was the governing authority established by the German Empire to control and administer its colony in present-day Namibia from the late 19th century until World War I.
  • A. South African occupation of South West Africa
    The South African occupation of South West Africa was the decades-long control and administration of present-day Namibia by apartheid-era South Africa, marked by racial segregation, international disputes, and a protracted struggle for independence.
  • B. Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa
    The Schutztruppe for German South-West Africa was the colonial military force of the German Empire in present-day Namibia, used to enforce imperial rule and suppress local uprisings during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. German East Africa
    German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.
  • D. South-West Africa Campaign
    The South-West Africa Campaign was a World War I military operation in which South African forces invaded and defeated German colonial rule in present-day Namibia.
  • E. German colonial empire
    The German colonial empire was the overseas territories controlled by Germany from the late 19th century until World War I, including possessions in Africa, the Pacific, and China.
  • 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_69d751891b508190959784f212e06acb completed April 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69dff7ddafc48190824c133bb33b9efe 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.