Triple

T127418
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Free French Forces E2579 entity
Predicate recruitedFrom P4145 FINISHED
Object French West Africa
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
E16190 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: French West Africa | Statement: [Free French Forces, recruitedFrom, French West Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French West Africa
Context triple: [Free French Forces, recruitedFrom, French West Africa]
  • A. French Equatorial Africa
    French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
  • B. French North Africa
    French North Africa was the group of French colonial territories in the Maghreb, primarily Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, that played a key strategic and military role for France during the 19th and 20th centuries, including World War II.
  • C. Mauritania
    Mauritania is a Northwest African country on the Atlantic coast, known for its vast Saharan landscapes, mixed Arab-Berber and Sub-Saharan cultures, and significant iron ore resources.
  • D. Republic of the Congo
    The Republic of the Congo is a Central African nation along the Atlantic coast, known for its vast tropical rainforests, rich biodiversity, and significant oil and mineral resources.
  • E. West Africa
    West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.
  • 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: French West Africa
Triple: [Free French Forces, recruitedFrom, French West Africa]
Generated description
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French West Africa
Target entity description: French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
  • A. French Equatorial Africa
    French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
  • B. French North Africa
    French North Africa was the group of French colonial territories in the Maghreb, primarily Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, that played a key strategic and military role for France during the 19th and 20th centuries, including World War II.
  • C. Mauritania
    Mauritania is a Northwest African country on the Atlantic coast, known for its vast Saharan landscapes, mixed Arab-Berber and Sub-Saharan cultures, and significant iron ore resources.
  • D. Republic of the Congo
    The Republic of the Congo is a Central African nation along the Atlantic coast, known for its vast tropical rainforests, rich biodiversity, and significant oil and mineral resources.
  • E. West Africa
    West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.
  • 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_69a2520c0f3481908b0ed054a2fca8d0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25b816dbc8190b20e13c80a451e6b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2b4b90654819092780651ae9408e9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2b54973388190bd1eb424593d607a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2b5ab4cc481908f14b3c8274d8891 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.