Triple
T4132795
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | AEF |
E85078
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderedBy |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object | French West Africa |
E16190
|
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: French West Africa | Statement: [AEF, borderedBy, French West Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French West Africa Context triple: [AEF, borderedBy, French West Africa]
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A.
French West Africa
chosen
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
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B.
French Equatorial Africa
French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
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C.
French North Africa
French North Africa was the group of French colonial territories in the Maghreb, primarily Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, that played a key strategic and military role for France during the 19th and 20th centuries, including World War II.
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D.
French Guinea
French Guinea was a former French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Guinea.
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E.
British West Africa
British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
- 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_69aed935ccd881909dc61f81bcdb7a78 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af022f55fc81909f2a1a04d0ea59e6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b57f2bb38c819090884069688063d2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:30 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:42 p.m.