Triple
T19719276
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frederick Lugard |
E473559
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Commissioner of the British East Africa Protectorate |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Commissioner of the British East Africa Protectorate | Statement: [Frederick Lugard, positionHeld, Commissioner of the British East Africa Protectorate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commissioner of the British East Africa Protectorate Context triple: [Frederick Lugard, positionHeld, Commissioner of the British East Africa Protectorate]
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A.
Governor of Kenya Colony
The Governor of Kenya Colony was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Kenya during the period of British rule.
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B.
Governor-General of Tanganyika
The Governor-General of Tanganyika was the British monarch’s viceregal representative who performed the ceremonial and constitutional duties of the head of state in Tanganyika during its period as a Commonwealth realm.
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C.
Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of state for the semi-autonomous federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in southern Africa during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia
The Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia was the senior administrative official who oversaw the colonial civil service and acted as the principal executive officer under the British governor in Northern Rhodesia.
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E.
Governor of Nyasaland
The Governor of Nyasaland was the British colonial administrator who served as the Crown’s chief representative and head of government in the Nyasaland Protectorate (modern-day Malawi).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commissioner of the British East Africa Protectorate Target entity description: The Commissioner of the British East Africa Protectorate was the chief colonial administrative official responsible for governing and overseeing British interests in the territory that later became Kenya.
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A.
Governor of Kenya Colony
chosen
The Governor of Kenya Colony was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Kenya during the period of British rule.
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B.
Governor-General of Tanganyika
The Governor-General of Tanganyika was the British monarch’s viceregal representative who performed the ceremonial and constitutional duties of the head of state in Tanganyika during its period as a Commonwealth realm.
-
C.
Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of state for the semi-autonomous federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in southern Africa during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia
The Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia was the senior administrative official who oversaw the colonial civil service and acted as the principal executive officer under the British governor in Northern Rhodesia.
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E.
Governor of Nyasaland
The Governor of Nyasaland was the British colonial administrator who served as the Crown’s chief representative and head of government in the Nyasaland Protectorate (modern-day Malawi).
- F. None of above.
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.