Triple
T19671120
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British East Africa |
E472335
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British colonial Africa |
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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 colonial Africa | Statement: [British East Africa, partOf, British colonial Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial Africa Context triple: [British East Africa, partOf, British colonial Africa]
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A.
British Empire in Africa
The British Empire in Africa was the vast network of territories and colonies controlled by Britain across the African continent, established through chartered companies, treaties, and military conquest from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.
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B.
British Africa
chosen
British Africa comprised the various African territories colonized and administered by the United Kingdom, including regions such as Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and parts of Southern Africa, under British political and legal control.
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C.
British colonial administration in West Africa
The British colonial administration in West Africa was the system of imperial governance through which Britain controlled and managed its West African colonies—politically, economically, and legally—from the nineteenth century until decolonization.
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D.
British colonial forces in East Africa
British colonial forces in East Africa were the military units of the British Empire responsible for asserting and maintaining imperial control across East African territories during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
British Empire in South Africa
The British Empire in South Africa refers to the period of British colonial expansion, rule, and conflict in the region, including the annexation of territories and wars with Boer republics and indigenous peoples from the early 19th to early 20th centuries.
- 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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6416cb0bc8190ab27dd28eebb50e7 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.