Triple
T15234118
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Yafa Sultanate |
E364078
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British sphere of influence in South Arabia |
E67215
|
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 sphere of influence in South Arabia | Statement: [Yafa Sultanate, partOf, British sphere of influence in South Arabia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British sphere of influence in South Arabia Context triple: [Yafa Sultanate, partOf, British sphere of influence in South Arabia]
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
British colonial administration in Aden
The British colonial administration in Aden was the governing authority established by the United Kingdom to administer the port city and surrounding territory of Aden as a strategic outpost and protectorate in the Arabian Peninsula.
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D.
British control of the Straits Zone
British control of the Straits Zone was the post-World War I British military and administrative occupation of the strategic Turkish Straits area, aimed at securing naval access between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and enforcing Allied terms on the defeated Ottoman Empire.
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E.
Aden Protectorate Levies
The Aden Protectorate Levies were a British-raised local military force in the Aden Protectorate, composed mainly of indigenous troops used for internal security and regional defense during the colonial period.
- 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_69d85a0ce24c81909c4d3b6475548c95 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e007d7237081908dc17900ee66b64f |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fedd3dd5a081909a1a7fceda648c29 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.