Triple

T1549702
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Michael Maltby E33059 entity
Predicate affiliation P10 FINISHED
Object British Empire forces
British Empire forces were the combined military units of the United Kingdom and its colonies and dominions, deployed globally to defend and expand the British Empire.
E33678 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 Empire forces | Statement: [Christopher Michael Maltby, affiliation, British Empire forces]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Empire forces
Context triple: [Christopher Michael Maltby, affiliation, British Empire forces]
  • A. British Commonwealth forces
    British Commonwealth forces were the combined military units from the United Kingdom and its dominions and colonies that fought together under British command during major 20th-century conflicts, especially the World Wars.
  • B. British expeditionary forces
    The British expeditionary forces were military contingents sent by Britain to intervene overseas, notably in conflicts such as the Haitian Revolution, in pursuit of imperial and strategic interests.
  • C. British Army
    The British Army is the United Kingdom’s principal land warfare force, historically central to its military campaigns and global influence.
  • D. British East India Company forces
    The British East India Company forces were colonial military units deployed by the Company to expand and maintain its control over territories in the Indian subcontinent during the 17th to 19th centuries.
  • E. British Expeditionary Force
    The British Expeditionary Force was the British Army contingent sent to support France and Belgium at the start of World War II, famously withdrawn from mainland Europe during the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation.
  • 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 Empire forces
Triple: [Christopher Michael Maltby, affiliation, British Empire forces]
Generated description
British Empire forces were the combined military units of the United Kingdom and its colonies and dominions, deployed globally to defend and expand the British Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Empire forces
Target entity description: British Empire forces were the combined military units of the United Kingdom and its colonies and dominions, deployed globally to defend and expand the British Empire.
  • A. British Commonwealth forces chosen
    British Commonwealth forces were the combined military units from the United Kingdom and its dominions and colonies that fought together under British command during major 20th-century conflicts, especially the World Wars.
  • B. British expeditionary forces
    The British expeditionary forces were military contingents sent by Britain to intervene overseas, notably in conflicts such as the Haitian Revolution, in pursuit of imperial and strategic interests.
  • C. British Army
    The British Army is the United Kingdom’s principal land warfare force, historically central to its military campaigns and global influence.
  • D. British East India Company forces
    The British East India Company forces were colonial military units deployed by the Company to expand and maintain its control over territories in the Indian subcontinent during the 17th to 19th centuries.
  • E. British Expeditionary Force
    The British Expeditionary Force was the British Army contingent sent to support France and Belgium at the start of World War II, famously withdrawn from mainland Europe during the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation.
  • 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.