Triple
T13219665
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northern Rhodesia |
E314715
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderedBy |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bechuanaland Protectorate |
E221706
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Bechuanaland Protectorate | Statement: [Northern Rhodesia, borderedBy, Bechuanaland Protectorate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bechuanaland Protectorate Context triple: [Northern Rhodesia, borderedBy, Bechuanaland Protectorate]
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A.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
chosen
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
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B.
Swaziland Protectorate
Swaziland Protectorate was a British colonial protectorate in Southern Africa that preceded the modern independent nation of Eswatini.
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C.
British Protectorate of Basutoland
The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
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D.
Rhodesia
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
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E.
Nyasaland
Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d806affc688190a25b6ccc588e9c72 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98cf581508190883033f0c961736a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f71f15a99c8190b70a3e2a55e67a4e |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:18 p.m.