Triple
T18906354
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Independence of Zanzibar |
E462472
|
entity |
| Predicate | successorEntity |
P3901
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sovereign State of Zanzibar |
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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: Sovereign State of Zanzibar | Statement: [Independence of Zanzibar, successorEntity, Sovereign State of Zanzibar]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sovereign State of Zanzibar Context triple: [Independence of Zanzibar, successorEntity, Sovereign State of Zanzibar]
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A.
People’s Republic of Zanzibar
chosen
The People’s Republic of Zanzibar was a short-lived socialist state established after the 1964 revolution that overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar, before it merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
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B.
Sultanate of Zanzibar
The Sultanate of Zanzibar was a 19th- and early 20th-century Indian Ocean island state ruled by an Omani Arab dynasty, known for its clove trade, strategic coastal position, and role in East African commerce and the slave trade.
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C.
United Nations Trust Territory of Somaliland
The United Nations Trust Territory of Somaliland was a former UN-administered trust territory in the Horn of Africa, governed by Italy under UN supervision after World War II until its independence and unification with British Somaliland to form the Somali Republic in 1960.
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D.
British Protectorate of Zanzibar
The British Protectorate of Zanzibar was a period of British colonial control over the islands of Zanzibar off the East African coast, lasting from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century and shaping the region’s political and economic development.
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E.
Republic of Lydenburg
The Republic of Lydenburg was a short-lived 19th-century Boer state in what is now South Africa, formed by Voortrekker settlers before later being incorporated into the South African Republic (Transvaal).
- 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_69d8dcfd05bc819088903cca13cc2846 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5c52cc9cc8190ac489d36e51693c8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:58 a.m.