Triple
T19660107
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Greater Somalia |
E472057
|
entity |
| Predicate | includesRegion |
P285
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Somaliland (historical) |
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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 Somaliland (historical) | Statement: [Greater Somalia, includesRegion, British Somaliland (historical)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Somaliland (historical) Context triple: [Greater Somalia, includesRegion, British Somaliland (historical)]
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A.
British Somaliland Protectorate
chosen
The British Somaliland Protectorate was a former British colonial territory in the Horn of Africa that existed from the late 19th century until 1960, when it gained independence and soon united with Italian Somaliland to form the Somali Republic.
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B.
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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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.
Aden Protectorate
The Aden Protectorate was a British-controlled group of tribal states in southern Arabia that surrounded the port of Aden and served as a strategic buffer and hinterland for the Colony of Aden.
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E.
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was a former British-Egyptian condominium in northeastern Africa that existed from 1899 to 1956, encompassing the territory of modern-day Sudan and South Sudan.
- 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_69d8e51395348190ac1416d46dfc6db0 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6414993ac8190b6da3702b1924b24 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:07 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.