Triple
T4781565
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nembe |
E106177
|
entity |
| Predicate | conflictWith |
P4897
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Royal Niger Company
The Royal Niger Company was a British chartered company that controlled trade and administered large parts of the Niger River region in the late 19th century, laying groundwork for the eventual formation of colonial Nigeria.
|
E470804
|
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: Royal Niger Company | Statement: [Nembe, conflictWith, Royal Niger Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Niger Company Context triple: [Nembe, conflictWith, Royal Niger Company]
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A.
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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B.
Compagnie du Sénégal
Compagnie du Sénégal was a 17th-century French chartered trading company that played a key role in France’s early colonial and commercial activities in West Africa, particularly around the Senegal River region.
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C.
British South Africa Company
The British South Africa Company was a chartered company founded by Cecil Rhodes that administered and exploited large areas of southern and central Africa, notably in territories that became Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
British South Sea Company
The British South Sea Company was an early 18th-century English trading and finance corporation notorious for its role in the South Sea Bubble and its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
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E.
French East India Company
The French East India Company was a royal chartered trading company established by France in the 17th century to conduct commerce and expand French influence in India and the wider Indian Ocean region.
- 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: Royal Niger Company Triple: [Nembe, conflictWith, Royal Niger Company]
Generated description
The Royal Niger Company was a British chartered company that controlled trade and administered large parts of the Niger River region in the late 19th century, laying groundwork for the eventual formation of colonial Nigeria.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Niger Company Target entity description: The Royal Niger Company was a British chartered company that controlled trade and administered large parts of the Niger River region in the late 19th century, laying groundwork for the eventual formation of colonial Nigeria.
-
A.
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
-
B.
Compagnie du Sénégal
Compagnie du Sénégal was a 17th-century French chartered trading company that played a key role in France’s early colonial and commercial activities in West Africa, particularly around the Senegal River region.
-
C.
British South Africa Company
The British South Africa Company was a chartered company founded by Cecil Rhodes that administered and exploited large areas of southern and central Africa, notably in territories that became Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
British South Sea Company
The British South Sea Company was an early 18th-century English trading and finance corporation notorious for its role in the South Sea Bubble and its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
-
E.
French East India Company
The French East India Company was a royal chartered trading company established by France in the 17th century to conduct commerce and expand French influence in India and the wider Indian Ocean region.
- 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_69bd43f3074c8190937e7b0a457fe9f1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd65abd0a08190937102c44d102f12 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be43d371b081908142e6d66780e0f0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be46f9aa048190a5d0ada90ee57451 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be481013c08190b36304044a16c5f4 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:21 p.m.