Triple

T13466336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nkana, Northern Rhodesia E311509 entity
Predicate colonialNameOfCountry P13172 FINISHED
Object Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) E314715 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: Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) | Statement: [Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, colonialNameOfCountry, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
Context triple: [Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, colonialNameOfCountry, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)]
  • A. Northern Rhodesia chosen
    Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.
  • B. Nyasaland
    Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
  • C. Nkana, Northern Rhodesia
    Nkana, Northern Rhodesia was a mining town in what is now Zambia, historically known for its copper industry during the British colonial period.
  • D. Zambia
    Zambia is a landlocked country in south-central Africa known for the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, diverse wildlife, and copper-rich economy.
  • E. Zambia and Zimbabwe
    Zambia and Zimbabwe are neighboring landlocked countries in southern Africa that share the famous Victoria Falls along their common border.
  • 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: colonialNameOfCountry
Context triple: [Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, colonialNameOfCountry, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)]
  • A. colonialNameUsedBy
    Indicates that a colonial-era name for a place, group, or entity is used or applied by a particular agent or source.
  • B. formerColonyName
    Indicates that one entity is the historical or previous name used for a colony that later changed its political status or designation.
  • C. colonialPowerOfOrigin
    Indicates the colonial state or empire from which a colony or formerly colonized territory originated or was governed.
  • D. hasColonialName chosen
    Indicates that an entity is known by, or has been assigned, a name originating from a colonial power or colonial period.
  • E. partOfColonialEntity
    Indicates that one entity is a constituent or subordinate territorial unit within a larger colonial political or administrative entity.
  • 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_69d806a938b8819097ec43a2229fc7f9 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf101a1081909f2aba6da47baacc completed April 12, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75d8ab8548190a0a1adbe927c95d0 completed May 3, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69dbadfddefc81909ef7fde23b181b5c completed April 12, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:42 p.m.