Triple
T1549658
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps |
E33058
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entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)
The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) was a locally recruited auxiliary regiment of the British Army that provided part-time military and internal security support in Hong Kong until its disbandment in 1995.
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E33058
|
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: Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) | Statement: [Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, successor, Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Context triple: [Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, successor, Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)]
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A.
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps was a locally raised militia and auxiliary military unit composed mainly of civilian volunteers who defended Hong Kong, notably during the Second World War.
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B.
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
The Straits Settlements Volunteer Force was a British colonial volunteer military unit in Southeast Asia, composed mainly of local European and Asian part-time soldiers who served in the defense of Singapore and Malaya before and during World War II.
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C.
Royal Pioneer Corps
The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army unit responsible primarily for light engineering, labor, and logistical support tasks, especially during World War II.
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D.
Pilbara Regiment
The Pilbara Regiment is a regional Australian Army reserve unit responsible for surveillance and reconnaissance across the remote and sparsely populated Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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E.
Labuan Volunteer Defence Corps
The Labuan Volunteer Defence Corps was a local auxiliary military unit from Labuan in British Malaya that contributed personnel to the broader Straits Settlements Volunteer Force before and during World War II.
- 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: Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Triple: [Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, successor, Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)]
Generated description
The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) was a locally recruited auxiliary regiment of the British Army that provided part-time military and internal security support in Hong Kong until its disbandment in 1995.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Target entity description: The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) was a locally recruited auxiliary regiment of the British Army that provided part-time military and internal security support in Hong Kong until its disbandment in 1995.
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A.
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
chosen
The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps was a locally raised militia and auxiliary military unit composed mainly of civilian volunteers who defended Hong Kong, notably during the Second World War.
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B.
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
The Straits Settlements Volunteer Force was a British colonial volunteer military unit in Southeast Asia, composed mainly of local European and Asian part-time soldiers who served in the defense of Singapore and Malaya before and during World War II.
-
C.
Royal Pioneer Corps
The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army unit responsible primarily for light engineering, labor, and logistical support tasks, especially during World War II.
-
D.
Pilbara Regiment
The Pilbara Regiment is a regional Australian Army reserve unit responsible for surveillance and reconnaissance across the remote and sparsely populated Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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E.
Labuan Volunteer Defence Corps
The Labuan Volunteer Defence Corps was a local auxiliary military unit from Labuan in British Malaya that contributed personnel to the broader Straits Settlements Volunteer Force before and during World War II.
- 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_69a885ee6db8819099502bc5ce8af881 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90857bfb48190a2d66a601d228b72 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:36 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad30a29ae88190ab1b2ca97b8ed09c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad3196e92481909bd09e6c765a9698 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad32391ed881909826a80a90f18cb4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.