Triple
T14718210
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benin Expedition of 1897 |
E345737
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British colonization of Nigeria |
E943876
|
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: British colonization of Nigeria | Statement: [Benin Expedition of 1897, partOf, British colonization of Nigeria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonization of Nigeria Context triple: [Benin Expedition of 1897, partOf, British colonization of Nigeria]
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A.
British conquest of Northern Nigeria
The British conquest of Northern Nigeria was a series of early 20th-century colonial military campaigns that overthrew the Fulani-ruled Sokoto Caliphate and established British control over the region that became Northern Nigeria.
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B.
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was a British colonial entity in West Africa that unified several previously separate territories into what later became the modern nation-state of Nigeria.
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C.
First Republic of Nigeria
The First Republic of Nigeria was the country’s initial post-independence democratic government period (1963–1966), characterized by a parliamentary system and regional politics before being ended by a military coup.
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D.
British colonial administration in West Africa
chosen
The British colonial administration in West Africa was the system of imperial governance through which Britain controlled and managed its West African colonies—politically, economically, and legally—from the nineteenth century until decolonization.
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E.
Dominion of Nigeria
The Dominion of Nigeria was a British Commonwealth realm that existed from Nigeria’s independence in 1960 until it became a republic in 1963, with the British monarch as its ceremonial head of state.
- 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_69d822e5911c8190ba589f957dbd9ba7 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb98688f48190b2b19ce7aa06a6db |
completed | April 14, 2026, 10:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fdf0935f088190b54f2e106532972a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m.