Triple
T17107956
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Middle Congo |
E415148
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | French West and Equatorial Africa customs union |
E14018
|
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: French West and Equatorial Africa customs union | Statement: [Middle Congo, partOf, French West and Equatorial Africa customs union]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French West and Equatorial Africa customs union Context triple: [Middle Congo, partOf, French West and Equatorial Africa customs union]
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A.
French West Africa
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
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B.
French Equatorial Africa
chosen
French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
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C.
Colony of French Sudan
The Colony of French Sudan was a former French colonial territory in West Africa that largely corresponds to present-day Mali.
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D.
Southern African Customs Union
The Southern African Customs Union is a regional organization that creates a unified customs territory and coordinates trade policies among several Southern African countries.
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E.
Colony of Upper Volta
The Colony of Upper Volta was a French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Burkina Faso.
- 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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3dc280b0c8190b9e620b90e0d4b40 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a013a019540819083ce6100b24f8cfb |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:08 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:35 a.m.