Triple
T22369762
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West African Pilot |
E553007
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedInColonialEntity |
P95255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria |
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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: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria | Statement: [West African Pilot, foundedInColonialEntity, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria Context triple: [West African Pilot, foundedInColonialEntity, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria]
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A.
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
chosen
The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was a British colonial entity in West Africa that unified several previously separate territories into what later became the modern nation-state of Nigeria.
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B.
Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
The Protectorate of Southern Nigeria was a British colonial territory in West Africa that existed in the early 20th century before being merged into the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.
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C.
British Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
The British Protectorate of Northern Nigeria was a colonial territory in West Africa established by Britain in the early 20th century that later became part of modern Nigeria.
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D.
Dominion of Nigeria
The Dominion of Nigeria was a British Commonwealth realm that existed from Nigeria’s independence in 1960 until it became a republic in 1963, with the British monarch as its ceremonial head of state.
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E.
Niger Coast Protectorate
The Niger Coast Protectorate was a British colonial territory in the late 19th century in what is now southern Nigeria, serving as a base for expanding British influence and trade along the West African coast.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: foundedInColonialEntity Context triple: [West African Pilot, foundedInColonialEntity, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria]
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A.
partOfColonialEntity
chosen
Indicates that one entity is a constituent or subordinate territorial unit within a larger colonial political or administrative entity.
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B.
isColonialFoundationOf
Indicates that one entity was established as a colony that later developed into or served as the origin of the other entity.
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C.
foundedAsColonyOf
Indicates that an entity was originally established as a colony under the control or authority of another entity.
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D.
foundedAsColonyFor
Indicates that one entity was established as a colony specifically for the benefit, use, or purposes of another entity.
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E.
formerColonyEstablishedIn
Indicates that a former colony was originally established in a specified year or time period.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69e11e4affcc8190ba7c27d29062558d |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f158032b748190ad36c7e3809304e9 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 12:59 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e73011e6388190a05edf137f488441 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:06 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:44 p.m.