Triple
T18599638
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Frederick Adolphus McNair |
E454583
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Empire colonial service |
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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: British Empire colonial service | Statement: [John Frederick Adolphus McNair, partOf, British Empire colonial service]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Empire colonial service Context triple: [John Frederick Adolphus McNair, partOf, British Empire colonial service]
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A.
British colonial service
chosen
The British colonial service was the administrative apparatus through which Britain governed its overseas colonies, staffed by civil servants who implemented imperial policies across the empire.
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B.
British Empire armed forces
The British Empire armed forces were the combined military organizations of the United Kingdom and its colonies, dominions, and protectorates, used to project and maintain imperial power across the globe.
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C.
British Empire military leadership
British Empire military leadership refers to the senior commanders, strategists, and administrative officials who directed the armed forces and military policy of the British Empire across its global territories.
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D.
British imperial administration
The British imperial administration was the centralized system of governance, bureaucracy, and colonial oversight through which Britain managed and controlled its overseas empire.
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E.
Imperial Service Scheme
The Imperial Service Scheme was a British Indian initiative that organized select princely state forces into standardized, trained units available for imperial military service.
- 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_69d8d38ae7e081908a98df1251842402 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5474f1d548190b74408eabd396344 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.