Triple
T17263197
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Free French government |
E419056
|
entity |
| Predicate | controlledTerritory |
P16398
|
FINISHED |
| Object | French Equatorial Africa |
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 Equatorial Africa | Statement: [Free French government, controlledTerritory, French Equatorial Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Equatorial Africa Context triple: [Free French government, controlledTerritory, French Equatorial Africa]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Toucouleur Empire
The Toucouleur Empire was a 19th-century West African Islamic state founded by the reformer and conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall, encompassing large parts of present-day Mali, Senegal, and Guinea.
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D.
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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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_69d886d9ab108190b70edd8d17aa1204 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42f4379848190add32ba8e5f93527 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0179445cac8190833eb7cd879a93bd |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:37 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m.