Triple
T3629157
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British concession in Canton |
E76911
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Empire in China |
E371406
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: British Empire in China | Statement: [British concession in Canton, associatedWith, British Empire in China]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Empire in China Context triple: [British concession in Canton, associatedWith, British Empire in China]
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A.
British informal empire in China
chosen
The British informal empire in China was a network of economic, legal, and political influences exerted by Britain over Qing and Republican China through unequal treaties, treaty ports, and extraterritorial privileges rather than direct colonial rule.
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B.
Hong Kong under British rule
Hong Kong under British rule was a British Crown colony and major Asian trading and financial hub governed by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century until its 1997 handover to China.
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C.
Dominions of the British Empire
The Dominions of the British Empire were semi-autonomous, self-governing polities within the British Empire—such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—that recognized the British monarch as head of state while managing their own internal affairs.
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D.
British conquest of India
The British conquest of India was the gradual establishment of British colonial rule over the Indian subcontinent from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century, culminating in the dominance of the British Raj.
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E.
British concession in Canton
The British concession in Canton was a foreign-controlled enclave in Guangzhou, China, established in the 19th century as part of the treaty port system that facilitated British trade and extraterritorial rights.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69ad85dc03948190b35b7189e4175bcc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc2df2b708190afef6925a53ec551 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b43328931881908bd92cb32a366e93 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.