Triple

T142758
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Empire E2886 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object British East Africa
British East Africa was a region of British colonial rule in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring territories, administered from the late 19th to mid-20th century.
E11292 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 East Africa | Statement: [British Empire, hasPart, British East Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British East Africa
Context triple: [British Empire, hasPart, British East Africa]
  • A. French Equatorial Africa
    French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
  • B. Uganda
    Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa known for its diverse landscapes, abundant wildlife, and location along the equator.
  • C. Kenya
    Kenya is an East African country known for its diverse wildlife, scenic landscapes from savannas to highlands, and a coastline along the Indian Ocean.
  • D. Cape Colony
    Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
  • E. Tanzania
    Tanzania is an East African nation known for its vast wilderness areas, including the Serengeti National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as its rich cultural diversity.
  • 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 East Africa
Triple: [British Empire, hasPart, British East Africa]
Generated description
British East Africa was a region of British colonial rule in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring territories, administered from the late 19th to mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British East Africa
Target entity description: British East Africa was a region of British colonial rule in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring territories, administered from the late 19th to mid-20th century.
  • A. French Equatorial Africa
    French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
  • B. Uganda
    Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa known for its diverse landscapes, abundant wildlife, and location along the equator.
  • C. Kenya chosen
    Kenya is an East African country known for its diverse wildlife, scenic landscapes from savannas to highlands, and a coastline along the Indian Ocean.
  • D. Cape Colony
    Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
  • E. Tanzania
    Tanzania is an East African nation known for its vast wilderness areas, including the Serengeti National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as its rich cultural diversity.
  • 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257c9cab8819095e8d9fa32c1fbc6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2fa794c808190acf50a7eb90a012a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2fae7ddac81909c3c41a2965ce637 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2fb7569908190a054bb840007a5b7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:28 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.