Triple

T12956179
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Commissioner of Weihaiwei E310016 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object British colonial administration in China
The British colonial administration in China was the system of governance and control established by the United Kingdom over its leased territories and concessions in China, including ports, enclaves, and strategic coastal areas, from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries.
E371406 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: British colonial administration in China | Statement: [British Commissioner of Weihaiwei, partOf, British colonial administration in China]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial administration in China
Context triple: [British Commissioner of Weihaiwei, partOf, British colonial administration in China]
  • A. British informal empire in China
    The British informal empire in China was a network of economic, legal, and political influences exerted by Britain over Qing and Republican China through unequal treaties, treaty ports, and extraterritorial privileges rather than direct colonial rule.
  • B. British opium trade in China
    The British opium trade in China was a 19th-century system of illicit narcotics commerce, largely driven by British merchants and the East India Company, that flooded China with opium, destabilized its society and economy, and ultimately provoked the Opium Wars.
  • C. British colonial administration in Burma
    The British colonial administration in Burma was the governing authority established by the British Empire to control and administer Burma, overseeing its political, economic, and military structures during the colonial period.
  • D. British colonial administration in Aden
    The British colonial administration in Aden was the governing authority established by the United Kingdom to administer the port city and surrounding territory of Aden as a strategic outpost and protectorate in the Arabian Peninsula.
  • E. Hong Kong under British rule
    Hong Kong under British rule was a British Crown colony and major Asian trading and financial hub governed by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century until its 1997 handover to 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: British colonial administration in China
Triple: [British Commissioner of Weihaiwei, partOf, British colonial administration in China]
Generated description
The British colonial administration in China was the system of governance and control established by the United Kingdom over its leased territories and concessions in China, including ports, enclaves, and strategic coastal areas, from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial administration in China
Target entity description: The British colonial administration in China was the system of governance and control established by the United Kingdom over its leased territories and concessions in China, including ports, enclaves, and strategic coastal areas, from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries.
  • A. British informal empire in China chosen
    The British informal empire in China was a network of economic, legal, and political influences exerted by Britain over Qing and Republican China through unequal treaties, treaty ports, and extraterritorial privileges rather than direct colonial rule.
  • B. British opium trade in China
    The British opium trade in China was a 19th-century system of illicit narcotics commerce, largely driven by British merchants and the East India Company, that flooded China with opium, destabilized its society and economy, and ultimately provoked the Opium Wars.
  • C. British colonial administration in Burma
    The British colonial administration in Burma was the governing authority established by the British Empire to control and administer Burma, overseeing its political, economic, and military structures during the colonial period.
  • D. British colonial administration in Aden
    The British colonial administration in Aden was the governing authority established by the United Kingdom to administer the port city and surrounding territory of Aden as a strategic outpost and protectorate in the Arabian Peninsula.
  • E. Hong Kong under British rule
    Hong Kong under British rule was a British Crown colony and major Asian trading and financial hub governed by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century until its 1997 handover to China.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e2b0108819098a681f93e90dbda completed April 10, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af7ba4d88190952622e7a07ab39e completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b066f3888190b925e5a43be57965 completed May 3, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b1ae645c8190a7c3e5f926c6a487 completed May 3, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:44 p.m.