Triple

T14209541
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject King Béhanzin E352190 entity
Predicate opponent P437 FINISHED
Object French colonial army
The French colonial army was the military force used by France to conquer, control, and police its overseas colonies, particularly in Africa and Asia, during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
E171821 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 colonial army | Statement: [King Béhanzin, opponent, French colonial army]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial army
Context triple: [King Béhanzin, opponent, French colonial army]
  • A. French colonial forces
    French colonial forces were military units composed of French troops and allied Indigenous warriors that carried out campaigns and raids in North America and other French colonies during the era of European imperial expansion.
  • B. Tirailleurs malgaches
    The Tirailleurs malgaches were colonial infantry units recruited from Madagascar that served in the French Army, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including both World Wars.
  • C. French Army of Africa
    The French Army of Africa was the collective term for France’s colonial land forces in North Africa, composed largely of indigenous and European troops and active in numerous campaigns from the 19th century through World War II.
  • D. French Foreign Legion
    The French Foreign Legion is an elite military unit of the French Army composed of foreign volunteers, renowned for its rigorous training, strict discipline, and deployment in some of France’s most demanding overseas and combat operations.
  • E. Tirailleurs sénégalais
    The Tirailleurs sénégalais were colonial infantry units of the French Army, largely composed of West African soldiers, that played a major role in France’s military campaigns from the late 19th century through both World Wars.
  • 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 colonial army
Triple: [King Béhanzin, opponent, French colonial army]
Generated description
The French colonial army was the military force used by France to conquer, control, and police its overseas colonies, particularly in Africa and Asia, during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial army
Target entity description: The French colonial army was the military force used by France to conquer, control, and police its overseas colonies, particularly in Africa and Asia, during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. French colonial forces
    French colonial forces were military units composed of French troops and allied Indigenous warriors that carried out campaigns and raids in North America and other French colonies during the era of European imperial expansion.
  • B. Tirailleurs malgaches
    The Tirailleurs malgaches were colonial infantry units recruited from Madagascar that served in the French Army, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including both World Wars.
  • C. French Army of Africa chosen
    The French Army of Africa was the collective term for France’s colonial land forces in North Africa, composed largely of indigenous and European troops and active in numerous campaigns from the 19th century through World War II.
  • D. French Foreign Legion
    The French Foreign Legion is an elite military unit of the French Army composed of foreign volunteers, renowned for its rigorous training, strict discipline, and deployment in some of France’s most demanding overseas and combat operations.
  • E. Tirailleurs sénégalais
    The Tirailleurs sénégalais were colonial infantry units of the French Army, largely composed of West African soldiers, that played a major role in France’s military campaigns from the late 19th century through both World Wars.
  • 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_69d8278a06e481908b5d6af0a8afe737 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de61fa8d24819092a8ec5d34c1c799 completed April 14, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd19557f908190abb3dc116676f215 completed May 7, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd1b198c6c81909b71a51a39711754 completed May 7, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd1bb585448190bc3393304980b808 completed May 7, 2026, 11:09 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:05 a.m.