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 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.