Triple
T15189893
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British protectorate |
E362978
|
entity |
| Predicate | example |
P1259
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FINISHED |
| Object |
British Protectorate of Zanzibar
The British Protectorate of Zanzibar was a period of British colonial control over the islands of Zanzibar off the East African coast, lasting from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century and shaping the region’s political and economic development.
|
E1141839
|
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 Protectorate of Zanzibar | Statement: [British protectorate, example, British Protectorate of Zanzibar]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Protectorate of Zanzibar Context triple: [British protectorate, example, British Protectorate of Zanzibar]
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A.
Sultanate of Zanzibar
The Sultanate of Zanzibar was a 19th- and early 20th-century Indian Ocean island state ruled by an Omani Arab dynasty, known for its clove trade, strategic coastal position, and role in East African commerce and the slave trade.
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B.
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was a former British colonial territory in the South Pacific that encompassed most of the Solomon Islands from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the modern state of Solomon Islands in 1978.
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C.
British Protectorate of Uganda
The British Protectorate of Uganda was a colonial territory in East Africa under British rule from the late 19th century until its independence in 1962, forming the basis of the modern state of Uganda.
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D.
People’s Republic of Zanzibar
The People’s Republic of Zanzibar was a short-lived socialist state established after the 1964 revolution that overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar, before it merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
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E.
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial territory in West Africa that combined the coastal colony of Freetown with the surrounding protectorate until the country’s independence in 1961.
- 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 Protectorate of Zanzibar Triple: [British protectorate, example, British Protectorate of Zanzibar]
Generated description
The British Protectorate of Zanzibar was a period of British colonial control over the islands of Zanzibar off the East African coast, lasting from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century and shaping the region’s political and economic development.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Protectorate of Zanzibar Target entity description: The British Protectorate of Zanzibar was a period of British colonial control over the islands of Zanzibar off the East African coast, lasting from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century and shaping the region’s political and economic development.
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A.
Sultanate of Zanzibar
The Sultanate of Zanzibar was a 19th- and early 20th-century Indian Ocean island state ruled by an Omani Arab dynasty, known for its clove trade, strategic coastal position, and role in East African commerce and the slave trade.
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B.
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was a former British colonial territory in the South Pacific that encompassed most of the Solomon Islands from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the modern state of Solomon Islands in 1978.
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C.
British Protectorate of Uganda
The British Protectorate of Uganda was a colonial territory in East Africa under British rule from the late 19th century until its independence in 1962, forming the basis of the modern state of Uganda.
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D.
People’s Republic of Zanzibar
The People’s Republic of Zanzibar was a short-lived socialist state established after the 1964 revolution that overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar, before it merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
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E.
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial territory in West Africa that combined the coastal colony of Freetown with the surrounding protectorate until the country’s independence in 1961.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69d85a09a39c81908759f23268e2d408 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0067beedc8190abc0a94c7a38f85e |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fec89797ac819090fb68bb5f2fad5c |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fec974f39c819081dcec5c18090cf7 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69feca9d1a5c8190b0c649f83a74231b |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:10 a.m.