Triple
T19719220
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | German Togoland campaign |
E473558
|
entity |
| Predicate | belligerent |
P375
|
FINISHED |
| Object | French West African colonial forces |
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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: French West African colonial forces | Statement: [German Togoland campaign, belligerent, French West African colonial forces]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French West African colonial forces Context triple: [German Togoland campaign, belligerent, French West African colonial forces]
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A.
French colonial forces
French colonial forces were military units composed of French troops and allied Indigenous warriors that carried out campaigns and raids in North America and other French colonies during the era of European imperial expansion.
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B.
French Union forces
French Union forces were the colonial-era military units of France and its associated territories that fought in conflicts such as the First Indochina War.
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C.
French Army of Africa
The French Army of Africa was the collective term for France’s colonial land forces in North Africa, composed largely of indigenous and European troops and active in numerous campaigns from the 19th century through World War II.
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D.
Tirailleurs sénégalais
chosen
The Tirailleurs sénégalais were colonial infantry units of the French Army, largely composed of West African soldiers, that played a major role in France’s military campaigns from the late 19th century through both World Wars.
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E.
Central Africa Regiment
The Central Africa Regiment was a British colonial military unit in Central Africa that served as a precursor to the King's African Rifles in the early 20th century.
- 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6440f9dd88190bd15cf00f739dfb4 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.