Triple
T1961492
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | High Commissioner for Southern Africa |
E42596
|
entity |
| Predicate | appliesToJurisdiction |
P82
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nyasaland
Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa, roughly corresponding to present-day Malawi, that existed under colonial rule until gaining independence in 1964.
|
E164716
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Nyasaland | Statement: [High Commissioner for Southern Africa, appliesToJurisdiction, Nyasaland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nyasaland Context triple: [High Commissioner for Southern Africa, appliesToJurisdiction, Nyasaland]
-
A.
Rhodesia
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
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B.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
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C.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
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D.
Transvaal
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Kwaluseni
Kwaluseni is a town in Eswatini known primarily as the main campus site of the University of Eswatini.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Nyasaland Triple: [High Commissioner for Southern Africa, appliesToJurisdiction, Nyasaland]
Generated description
Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa, roughly corresponding to present-day Malawi, that existed under colonial rule until gaining independence in 1964.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nyasaland Target entity description: Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa, roughly corresponding to present-day Malawi, that existed under colonial rule until gaining independence in 1964.
-
A.
Rhodesia
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
-
B.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
chosen
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
-
C.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
-
D.
Transvaal
Transvaal was a former Boer republic and later British colony in what is now northeastern South Africa, central to the conflicts and politics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
E.
Kwaluseni
Kwaluseni is a town in Eswatini known primarily as the main campus site of the University of Eswatini.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (5 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3aae8c48190afae2cf3af2ae4e9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae2702954c8190b95de378e263574a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae27b2c9d08190b1950abd8d41d3b3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae2817ce3c81908e48170760cf98ef |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.