Triple

T4306726
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Odawa E99970 entity
Predicate colonialContactWith P4255 FINISHED
Object British colonists
British colonists were settlers and administrators from Britain who established and governed colonies across North America and other parts of the world, profoundly shaping local societies, economies, and Indigenous relations.
E429173 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 colonists | Statement: [Odawa, colonialContactWith, British colonists]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonists
Context triple: [Odawa, colonialContactWith, British colonists]
  • A. American Loyalists
    American Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often facing persecution, displacement, and exile for their allegiance.
  • B. English Settlement
    English Settlement is a critically acclaimed 1982 double album by the English rock band XTC, noted for its more pastoral, acoustic sound and sophisticated songwriting.
  • C. French colonists
    French colonists were European settlers from France who established and governed colonies in regions such as North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia from the 16th to 19th centuries.
  • D. British America
    British America was the collective term for Britain’s colonies in North America and the Caribbean prior to the independence of the United States and other territories.
  • E. British colonial authorities
    British colonial authorities were the representatives and governing institutions of the British Crown that administered and controlled its American colonies prior to and during the American Revolution.
  • 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 colonists
Triple: [Odawa, colonialContactWith, British colonists]
Generated description
British colonists were settlers and administrators from Britain who established and governed colonies across North America and other parts of the world, profoundly shaping local societies, economies, and Indigenous relations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonists
Target entity description: British colonists were settlers and administrators from Britain who established and governed colonies across North America and other parts of the world, profoundly shaping local societies, economies, and Indigenous relations.
  • A. American Loyalists
    American Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often facing persecution, displacement, and exile for their allegiance.
  • B. English Settlement
    English Settlement is a critically acclaimed 1982 double album by the English rock band XTC, noted for its more pastoral, acoustic sound and sophisticated songwriting.
  • C. French colonists
    French colonists were European settlers from France who established and governed colonies in regions such as North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia from the 16th to 19th centuries.
  • D. British America
    British America was the collective term for Britain’s colonies in North America and the Caribbean prior to the independence of the United States and other territories.
  • E. British colonial authorities
    British colonial authorities were the representatives and governing institutions of the British Crown that administered and controlled its American colonies prior to and during the American Revolution.
  • 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_69b345528ebc8190b5abc7e95094792d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b350bb78cc8190a850aca47d8711cf completed March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5c756809c8190af90c91ec7883e55 completed March 14, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5c804f3f881908dd2d020d07c4859 completed March 14, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5c84e48b8819080571f995d8baf13 completed March 14, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:09 p.m.