Triple

T11331708
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia E268357 entity
Predicate headOfGovernmentTitle P329 FINISHED
Object Governor of Northern Rhodesia
The Governor of Northern Rhodesia was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in the territory that is now Zambia.
E918097 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 Northern Rhodesia | Statement: [British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia, headOfGovernmentTitle, Governor of Northern Rhodesia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor of Northern Rhodesia
Context triple: [British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia, headOfGovernmentTitle, Governor of Northern Rhodesia]
  • A. 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).
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • 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 Northern Rhodesia
Triple: [British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia, headOfGovernmentTitle, Governor of Northern Rhodesia]
Generated description
The Governor of Northern Rhodesia was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in the territory that is now Zambia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor of Northern Rhodesia
Target entity description: The Governor of Northern Rhodesia was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in the territory that is now Zambia.
  • A. 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).
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • 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_69d6aacb1f0881908c84a349fd1be047 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e9fd38308190a5458be1bfcc89ea completed April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e526236b688190aca4f2400a12e726 completed April 19, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e52c83768c819086ebfd870ad81998 completed April 19, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e531d0ab5881909814160b86c8e76b completed April 19, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.