Triple

T13479792
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kandyan kings E318341 entity
Predicate militaryConflict P12 FINISHED
Object Kandyan–Dutch conflicts
The Kandyan–Dutch conflicts were a series of 17th–18th century wars in Sri Lanka between the inland Kingdom of Kandy and the Dutch colonial powers vying for control of the island.
E1045695 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: Kandyan–Dutch conflicts | Statement: [Kandyan kings, militaryConflict, Kandyan–Dutch conflicts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kandyan–Dutch conflicts
Context triple: [Kandyan kings, militaryConflict, Kandyan–Dutch conflicts]
  • A. Kandyan Wars
    The Kandyan Wars were a series of early 19th-century military campaigns in Sri Lanka in which the British Empire ultimately defeated and annexed the independent Kingdom of Kandy, bringing the entire island under colonial rule.
  • B. Kandyan–Portuguese War
    The Kandyan–Portuguese War was a protracted series of 17th-century conflicts in Sri Lanka between the inland Kingdom of Kandy and Portuguese colonial forces vying for control of the island.
  • C. Forty Years' War with Hanthawaddy
    The Forty Years' War with Hanthawaddy was a protracted 15th-century conflict in Burma between the inland Kingdom of Ava and the coastal Hanthawaddy Kingdom that reshaped the political balance of power in the region.
  • D. Aceh War
    The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.
  • E. Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts
    The Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts were a series of 16th-century military struggles in Sri Lanka between the expanding Portuguese colonial forces and the inland Kingdom of Sitawaka for control of the island’s trade routes and territory.
  • 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: Kandyan–Dutch conflicts
Triple: [Kandyan kings, militaryConflict, Kandyan–Dutch conflicts]
Generated description
The Kandyan–Dutch conflicts were a series of 17th–18th century wars in Sri Lanka between the inland Kingdom of Kandy and the Dutch colonial powers vying for control of the island.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kandyan–Dutch conflicts
Target entity description: The Kandyan–Dutch conflicts were a series of 17th–18th century wars in Sri Lanka between the inland Kingdom of Kandy and the Dutch colonial powers vying for control of the island.
  • A. Kandyan Wars
    The Kandyan Wars were a series of early 19th-century military campaigns in Sri Lanka in which the British Empire ultimately defeated and annexed the independent Kingdom of Kandy, bringing the entire island under colonial rule.
  • B. Kandyan–Portuguese War
    The Kandyan–Portuguese War was a protracted series of 17th-century conflicts in Sri Lanka between the inland Kingdom of Kandy and Portuguese colonial forces vying for control of the island.
  • C. Forty Years' War with Hanthawaddy
    The Forty Years' War with Hanthawaddy was a protracted 15th-century conflict in Burma between the inland Kingdom of Ava and the coastal Hanthawaddy Kingdom that reshaped the political balance of power in the region.
  • D. Aceh War
    The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.
  • E. Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts
    The Portuguese–Sitawaka conflicts were a series of 16th-century military struggles in Sri Lanka between the expanding Portuguese colonial forces and the inland Kingdom of Sitawaka for control of the island’s trade routes and territory.
  • 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_69d806b6bfec819089222715b2e86c8e completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf36c6b08190ba99400600e0b662 completed April 12, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75481b6f48190b6cd6cef3e8dee20 completed May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f758b29cd4819093cecff5cfefc98f completed May 3, 2026, 2:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7593d74cc819099c5d39ae09c3f70 completed May 3, 2026, 2:18 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:42 p.m.