Triple

T2749961
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject French Empire E60959 entity
Predicate continentColonized P14189 FINISHED
Object Africa E1402 NE FINISHED

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: Africa | Statement: [French Empire, continentColonized, Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Africa
Context triple: [French Empire, continentColonized, Africa]
  • A. Africa chosen
    Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, known for its vast cultural diversity, rich natural resources, and significant historical and ecological importance.
  • B. Sub-Saharan Africa
    Sub-Saharan Africa is the geographically expansive and culturally diverse region of Africa located south of the Sahara Desert, encompassing dozens of countries with rapidly growing populations and economies.
  • C. West Africa
    West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.
  • D. East Africa
    East Africa is a region on the eastern side of the African continent, known for its diverse cultures, significant wildlife and safari tourism, and countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
  • E. Southern Africa
    Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, encompassing countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, and others, known for its diverse landscapes, wildlife, and cultural heritage.
  • 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: continentColonized
Context triple: [French Empire, continentColonized, Africa]
  • A. colonized chosen
    Indicates that one entity established control over and settled in the territory of another entity, often imposing its own systems, structures, or population there.
  • B. isColonialFoundationOf
    Indicates that one entity was established as a colony that later developed into or served as the origin of the other entity.
  • C. continentInvolved
    Indicates that a particular continent participates in, is affected by, or plays a role in a specified event, process, or relationship.
  • D. hasColonialHistoryWith
    Indicates that one entity has a historical relationship of colonization or being colonized involving the other entity.
  • E. continentalPortion
    Indicates that one entity represents the part or portion of a continent to which the other entity belongs or is associated.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69ab4b79846081909096725374d65ce9 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb52b1d48190b6ab511cc8834a14 completed March 7, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc6200bd08190bd1d9fd3046fca00 completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abd82d005c81908a1ac7a1313c6d88 completed March 7, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.