Triple

T15190049
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sultanate of Zanzibar E362982 entity
Predicate significantEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Anglo-Zanzibar War
The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a brief 1896 military conflict between the British Empire and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, often cited as the shortest war in recorded history.
E1141845 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: Anglo-Zanzibar War | Statement: [Sultanate of Zanzibar, significantEvent, Anglo-Zanzibar War]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Zanzibar War
Context triple: [Sultanate of Zanzibar, significantEvent, Anglo-Zanzibar War]
  • A. Anglo-Zulu War
    The Anglo-Zulu War was an 1879 conflict in southern Africa between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom, marked by famous battles such as Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift and resulting in the eventual defeat and dismantling of the Zulu state.
  • B. Fashoda Incident
    The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
  • C. Nembe–Brass War
    The Nembe–Brass War was a late 19th-century conflict in the Niger Delta between the Nembe people and the British-backed Royal Niger Company, reflecting resistance to colonial economic and political domination.
  • D. Mascate War
    The Mascate War was an early 18th-century conflict in colonial Brazil between landowning planters of Olinda and merchant elites of Recife, reflecting deep economic and political tensions in the Captaincy of Pernambuco.
  • E. Anglo-Egyptian War
    The Anglo-Egyptian War was an 1882 conflict in which Britain intervened militarily in Egypt, defeating nationalist forces and establishing effective British control over the country.
  • 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: Anglo-Zanzibar War
Triple: [Sultanate of Zanzibar, significantEvent, Anglo-Zanzibar War]
Generated description
The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a brief 1896 military conflict between the British Empire and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, often cited as the shortest war in recorded history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Zanzibar War
Target entity description: The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a brief 1896 military conflict between the British Empire and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, often cited as the shortest war in recorded history.
  • A. Anglo-Zulu War
    The Anglo-Zulu War was an 1879 conflict in southern Africa between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom, marked by famous battles such as Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift and resulting in the eventual defeat and dismantling of the Zulu state.
  • B. Fashoda Incident
    The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
  • C. Nembe–Brass War
    The Nembe–Brass War was a late 19th-century conflict in the Niger Delta between the Nembe people and the British-backed Royal Niger Company, reflecting resistance to colonial economic and political domination.
  • D. Mascate War
    The Mascate War was an early 18th-century conflict in colonial Brazil between landowning planters of Olinda and merchant elites of Recife, reflecting deep economic and political tensions in the Captaincy of Pernambuco.
  • E. Anglo-Egyptian War
    The Anglo-Egyptian War was an 1882 conflict in which Britain intervened militarily in Egypt, defeating nationalist forces and establishing effective British control over the country.
  • 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.