Triple
T1466446
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Malawi |
E27032
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nyasaland |
E164716
|
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: Nyasaland | Statement: [Malawi, formerName, Nyasaland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nyasaland Context triple: [Malawi, formerName, Nyasaland]
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A.
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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B.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
chosen
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
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C.
Transvaal
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
South Rhodes
South Rhodes is a municipal unit on the island of Rhodes in Greece, known for its coastal villages, beaches, and relatively undeveloped natural landscapes.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c5bb4e288190997c7e8985e9a2bd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad36fd91488190b0431bc1c83c64e3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.