Triple
T11331738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia |
E268357
|
entity |
| Predicate | hadOfficial |
P11211
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia
The Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia was the senior administrative official who oversaw the colonial civil service and acted as the principal executive officer under the British governor in Northern Rhodesia.
|
E921216
|
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: Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia | Statement: [British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia, hadOfficial, Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia Context triple: [British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia, hadOfficial, Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia]
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A.
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.
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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.
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C.
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).
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D.
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.
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E.
Executive Council of Northern Rhodesia
The Executive Council of Northern Rhodesia was the principal advisory and executive body that assisted the colonial governor in administering the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia.
- 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: Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia Triple: [British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia, hadOfficial, Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia]
Generated description
The Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia was the senior administrative official who oversaw the colonial civil service and acted as the principal executive officer under the British governor in Northern Rhodesia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia Target entity description: The Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia was the senior administrative official who oversaw the colonial civil service and acted as the principal executive officer under the British governor in Northern Rhodesia.
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A.
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.
-
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.
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C.
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).
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D.
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.
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E.
Executive Council of Northern Rhodesia
The Executive Council of Northern Rhodesia was the principal advisory and executive body that assisted the colonial governor in administering the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia.
- 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_69e5564218bc8190bbaf9aceb69fdc26 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:25 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e562bb085c8190942766d12d838798 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e569f0e6948190b285ca84aca03771 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.