Triple

T3699389
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maseru E78539 entity
Predicate wasCapitalOf P3417 FINISHED
Object British Protectorate of Basutoland
The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
E380982 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: British Protectorate of Basutoland | Statement: [Maseru, wasCapitalOf, British Protectorate of Basutoland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Protectorate of Basutoland
Context triple: [Maseru, wasCapitalOf, British Protectorate of Basutoland]
  • A. Bechuanaland Protectorate
    The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
  • B. British South Africa
    British South Africa refers to the territories in southern Africa that were under British colonial rule, including regions that later became countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
  • 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. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
  • E. Dominion of South Africa
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
  • 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: British Protectorate of Basutoland
Triple: [Maseru, wasCapitalOf, British Protectorate of Basutoland]
Generated description
The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Protectorate of Basutoland
Target entity description: The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
  • A. Bechuanaland Protectorate
    The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
  • B. British South Africa
    British South Africa refers to the territories in southern Africa that were under British colonial rule, including regions that later became countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
  • 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. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
  • E. Dominion of South Africa
    The Dominion of South Africa was a self-governing British dominion (1910–1961) that participated in both World Wars and formed the historical predecessor to the modern Republic of South Africa.
  • 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_69ad85e3b1888190abc983e06968696d completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc513d26c8190bfdf25f62af8c6ca completed March 8, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c3df86bc819088db92eecee69fd3 completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c7e579d4819090edfa8a858c40c4 completed March 14, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c86511e48190872b3d85019bc013 completed March 14, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.