Triple

T3053820
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria E60432 entity
Predicate includedRegion P285 FINISHED
Object Lagos Colony
Lagos Colony was a British colonial territory centered on the port city of Lagos, which later became a key component of modern Nigeria.
E324019 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: Lagos Colony | Statement: [Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, includedRegion, Lagos Colony]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lagos Colony
Context triple: [Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, includedRegion, Lagos Colony]
  • A. Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
    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.
  • B. Dutch Gold Coast
    The Dutch Gold Coast was a former colonial territory of the Netherlands on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on a network of coastal forts and trading posts involved in the Atlantic slave trade and commerce in gold and other goods.
  • C. Colony of Natal
    The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
  • D. Cape Colony
    Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
  • E. British Gold Coast
    The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.
  • 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: Lagos Colony
Triple: [Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, includedRegion, Lagos Colony]
Generated description
Lagos Colony was a British colonial territory centered on the port city of Lagos, which later became a key component of modern Nigeria.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lagos Colony
Target entity description: Lagos Colony was a British colonial territory centered on the port city of Lagos, which later became a key component of modern Nigeria.
  • A. Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
    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.
  • B. Dutch Gold Coast
    The Dutch Gold Coast was a former colonial territory of the Netherlands on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on a network of coastal forts and trading posts involved in the Atlantic slave trade and commerce in gold and other goods.
  • C. Colony of Natal
    The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
  • D. Cape Colony
    Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
  • E. British Gold Coast
    The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.
  • 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_69ad8578137c81908259dcb27c7d6d7c completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9bf51b5081908ce355a76cfa9e3c completed March 8, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1f8724bd481909ea8c71e92801096 completed March 11, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1f908ee3081909126bc3797658fca completed March 11, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1f99f7aec8190bb35ef4ddf64735c completed March 11, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:01 p.m.