Triple
T17852794
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ewondo people |
E445851
|
entity |
| Predicate | colonialHistory |
P3812
|
FINISHED |
| Object | German Kamerun |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: German Kamerun | Statement: [Ewondo people, colonialHistory, German Kamerun]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German Kamerun Context triple: [Ewondo people, colonialHistory, German Kamerun]
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A.
German Kamerun
chosen
German Kamerun was a German colonial territory in Central Africa from the 1880s until World War I, encompassing much of present-day Cameroon and parts of neighboring countries.
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B.
German East Africa
German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.
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C.
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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D.
French Equatorial Africa
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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E.
Togoland region
The Togoland region was a former German colonial territory in West Africa that later became divided between modern-day Ghana and Togo.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8b9f26f18819089c9e43250bee6ae |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4900113f881908859f212c6ca3d9b |
completed | April 19, 2026, 8:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:17 a.m.