Triple
T4810256
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | East African High Commission |
E107051
|
entity |
| Predicate | appliesToJurisdiction |
P82
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British East Africa
British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.
|
E472335
|
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 East Africa | Statement: [East African High Commission, appliesToJurisdiction, British East Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British East Africa Context triple: [East African High Commission, appliesToJurisdiction, British East Africa]
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A.
German East Africa
German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.
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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.
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C.
Rhodesia
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
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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.
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E.
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.
- 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 East Africa Triple: [East African High Commission, appliesToJurisdiction, British East Africa]
Generated description
British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British East Africa Target entity description: British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.
-
A.
German East Africa
German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.
-
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.
Rhodesia
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
-
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.
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.
- 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_69bd43f779448190b92885cb70abb6c2 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6c7b879081908e0c92a67422906e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be4daa52ec8190a3243313b18a4f3d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be4e4d3d608190837c5808f2f17aa4 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be4f107e7c8190aec4a7bcf0520ec9 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.