Triple
T17634577
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen |
E430061
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British colonial forces in East Africa |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 colonial forces in East Africa | Statement: [Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen, partOf, British colonial forces in East Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial forces in East Africa Context triple: [Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen, partOf, British colonial forces in East Africa]
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A.
Southern Rhodesia colonial forces
Southern Rhodesia colonial forces were the official military and security forces of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, responsible for maintaining colonial rule and internal order prior to independence.
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B.
East African campaign
The East African campaign was a World War II military operation in which Allied forces, including British, Commonwealth, and Free French troops, fought to expel Italian forces from East Africa between 1940 and 1941.
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C.
East African campaign
The East African campaign was a World War I theater of operations in which Allied and German colonial forces fought across German East Africa and neighboring territories in a prolonged guerrilla-style conflict.
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D.
British East Africa
British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.
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E.
British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War
British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War were the imperial British Army and colonial troops deployed in southern Africa in 1879 to invade the Zulu Kingdom, culminating in a series of notable battles including Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial forces in East Africa Target entity description: British colonial forces in East Africa were the military units of the British Empire responsible for asserting and maintaining imperial control across East African territories during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Southern Rhodesia colonial forces
Southern Rhodesia colonial forces were the official military and security forces of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, responsible for maintaining colonial rule and internal order prior to independence.
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B.
East African campaign
The East African campaign was a World War II military operation in which Allied forces, including British, Commonwealth, and Free French troops, fought to expel Italian forces from East Africa between 1940 and 1941.
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C.
East African campaign
The East African campaign was a World War I theater of operations in which Allied and German colonial forces fought across German East Africa and neighboring territories in a prolonged guerrilla-style conflict.
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D.
British East Africa
British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.
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E.
British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War
British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War were the imperial British Army and colonial troops deployed in southern Africa in 1879 to invade the Zulu Kingdom, culminating in a series of notable battles including Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d889e37f308190a6aa0a69daff86c7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e46ddfeb7c8190a369b438e43d47b4 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:52 a.m.