Triple
T5041991
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Royal African Company |
E113565
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Company of Merchants Trading to Africa |
E113562
|
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: Company of Merchants Trading to Africa | Statement: [Royal African Company, successor, Company of Merchants Trading to Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Company of Merchants Trading to Africa Context triple: [Royal African Company, successor, Company of Merchants Trading to Africa]
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A.
Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa
chosen
The Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa was a 17th-century English chartered company that held a royal monopoly over trade with West Africa, including a major role in the early transatlantic slave trade.
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B.
Lord of Trade
The Lord of Trade was a British government office responsible for overseeing colonial and commercial affairs, particularly through the Board of Trade, during the 17th to 19th centuries.
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C.
Dahomey and the Slave Trade
"Dahomey and the Slave Trade" is a historical study by Karl Polanyi examining the economic and social structures of the Kingdom of Dahomey in relation to the Atlantic slave trade.
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D.
Tangier Traders
Tangier Traders is a themed retail shop located in the Morocco Pavilion at EPCOT in Walt Disney World, offering Moroccan-inspired merchandise and souvenirs.
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E.
Lord of Guinea
Lord of Guinea was a royal Portuguese title held by King Manuel I that reflected Portugal’s control over parts of the West African coast and its lucrative early Atlantic trade.
- 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_69bd44384298819089c49e7c330ec7b8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd73de73008190b89aec9a76b43e4f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bea47c5f808190821d7f708003a07d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:37 p.m.