Triple

T15152839
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Audhali Sultanate E361991 entity
Predicate incorporatedInto P77 FINISHED
Object British Aden Protectorate system
The British Aden Protectorate system was a network of British-controlled protectorate states in southern Arabia centered on the port of Aden, established to secure imperial trade routes and regional influence.
E67215 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 Aden Protectorate system | Statement: [Audhali Sultanate, incorporatedInto, British Aden Protectorate system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Aden Protectorate system
Context triple: [Audhali Sultanate, incorporatedInto, British Aden Protectorate system]
  • A. British Western Aden Protectorate sphere
    The British Western Aden Protectorate sphere was a British-controlled region in southwestern Arabia that encompassed various protectorate states surrounding the port of Aden during the colonial period.
  • B. British Empire in the Middle East
    The British Empire in the Middle East refers to the network of territories, protectorates, and spheres of influence controlled or dominated by Britain in the region—especially during the late 19th and early 20th centuries—through which it secured strategic routes, resources, and political leverage.
  • C. Colony of Aden
    The Colony of Aden was a British Crown colony centered on the port city of Aden in present-day Yemen, serving as a key strategic and commercial hub from 1937 until its incorporation into the Federation of South Arabia.
  • D. British protectorate
    A British protectorate was a type of colonial relationship in which a territory retained its local rulers and internal administration but was under the control and protection of the British Empire in matters such as foreign policy and defense.
  • E. British Protectorate of Basutoland
    The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
  • 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 Aden Protectorate system
Triple: [Audhali Sultanate, incorporatedInto, British Aden Protectorate system]
Generated description
The British Aden Protectorate system was a network of British-controlled protectorate states in southern Arabia centered on the port of Aden, established to secure imperial trade routes and regional influence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Aden Protectorate system
Target entity description: The British Aden Protectorate system was a network of British-controlled protectorate states in southern Arabia centered on the port of Aden, established to secure imperial trade routes and regional influence.
  • A. British Western Aden Protectorate sphere chosen
    The British Western Aden Protectorate sphere was a British-controlled region in southwestern Arabia that encompassed various protectorate states surrounding the port of Aden during the colonial period.
  • B. British Empire in the Middle East
    The British Empire in the Middle East refers to the network of territories, protectorates, and spheres of influence controlled or dominated by Britain in the region—especially during the late 19th and early 20th centuries—through which it secured strategic routes, resources, and political leverage.
  • C. Colony of Aden
    The Colony of Aden was a British Crown colony centered on the port city of Aden in present-day Yemen, serving as a key strategic and commercial hub from 1937 until its incorporation into the Federation of South Arabia.
  • D. British protectorate
    A British protectorate was a type of colonial relationship in which a territory retained its local rulers and internal administration but was under the control and protection of the British Empire in matters such as foreign policy and defense.
  • E. British Protectorate of Basutoland
    The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
  • 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_69d85a0759908190b8a051d2e2a1cbe6 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e00609040081908c849475a2fa6443 completed April 15, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69febff6344c819085a105c6bcf835bc completed May 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec1d9d1488190ae1374ab4f467037 completed May 9, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fec26bb3cc819098e19c01c1e9c8da completed May 9, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:07 a.m.