Triple

T11868441
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lozi people E282344 entity
Predicate colonialEraProtectorate P95255 FINISHED
Object Barotseland-North-Western Rhodesia E250951 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Barotseland-North-Western Rhodesia | Statement: [Lozi people, colonialEraProtectorate, Barotseland-North-Western Rhodesia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Barotseland-North-Western Rhodesia
Context triple: [Lozi people, colonialEraProtectorate, Barotseland-North-Western Rhodesia]
  • A. Barotseland region chosen
    Barotseland region is a historical and cultural area in western Zambia, traditionally associated with the Lozi people and their kingdom.
  • B. Northern Rhodesia
    Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.
  • C. Nyasaland
    Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
  • D. Ovamboland
    Ovamboland is a historical region in northern Namibia and southern Angola traditionally inhabited by the Ovambo people, who speak the Oshiwambo language.
  • E. Matabeleland
    Matabeleland is a historical region in southwestern Zimbabwe, traditionally inhabited by the Ndebele people and centered around the city of Bulawayo.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: colonialEraProtectorate
Context triple: [Lozi people, colonialEraProtectorate, Barotseland-North-Western Rhodesia]
  • A. partOfColonialEntity chosen
    Indicates that one entity is a constituent or subordinate territorial unit within a larger colonial political or administrative entity.
  • B. protectorateEstablishedBy
    Indicates that a protectorate relationship was formally created or instituted by a particular actor or authority.
  • C. formerColonialStatus
    Indicates that one entity previously held colonial authority or control over another entity, but that colonial relationship has since ended.
  • D. periodOfColonialRule
    Indicates the time span during which one political power exercised colonial control over another territory or people.
  • E. usedByColonialPower
    Indicates that something is employed or exploited as a tool, resource, or mechanism by a colonial power in the context of domination or control.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69d6ab2945d081908a5851c916cbcfb5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a73c04e4819084c0b2ff8e5d2f04 completed April 10, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f43fc3f6688190aec5c0b481cfc77f completed May 1, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d8a2589f0c8190ad82ff11acabae93 completed April 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:43 p.m.