Triple
T2368412
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Hobson |
E46034
|
entity |
| Predicate | servedIn |
P253
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
East Indies station
The East Indies Station was a major command of the British Royal Navy responsible for naval operations and protection of British interests across the Indian Ocean and surrounding regions.
|
E261103
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: East Indies station | Statement: [William Hobson, servedIn, East Indies station]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East Indies station Context triple: [William Hobson, servedIn, East Indies station]
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A.
East Indies
The East Indies is a historical term for the lands of South and Southeast Asia, especially the Indian subcontinent and the Malay Archipelago, that were central to European spice trade and colonial expansion.
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B.
Straits Settlements
The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
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C.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
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D.
Dutch Coromandel
Dutch Coromandel was a coastal colonial possession of the Dutch in southeastern India, centered on trade in textiles and other goods along the Coromandel Coast.
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E.
Bencoolen
Bencoolen is a historic British colonial settlement on the west coast of Sumatra, now known as Bengkulu, that served as an important outpost in early 19th-century Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: East Indies station Triple: [William Hobson, servedIn, East Indies station]
Generated description
The East Indies Station was a major command of the British Royal Navy responsible for naval operations and protection of British interests across the Indian Ocean and surrounding regions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East Indies station Target entity description: The East Indies Station was a major command of the British Royal Navy responsible for naval operations and protection of British interests across the Indian Ocean and surrounding regions.
-
A.
East Indies
The East Indies is a historical term for the lands of South and Southeast Asia, especially the Indian subcontinent and the Malay Archipelago, that were central to European spice trade and colonial expansion.
-
B.
Straits Settlements
The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
-
C.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
-
D.
Dutch Coromandel
Dutch Coromandel was a coastal colonial possession of the Dutch in southeastern India, centered on trade in textiles and other goods along the Coromandel Coast.
-
E.
Bencoolen
Bencoolen is a historic British colonial settlement on the west coast of Sumatra, now known as Bengkulu, that served as an important outpost in early 19th-century Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a88a145268819083e2736cb835c696 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc76bf75c8190b014c3dbfc46bba3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:36 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea89eb46481909cc01202839d417f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aeac2435e88190ae38a1a4d20c4872 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aeaca11b008190b34397bdf7aa0669 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:56 p.m.