Triple

T5694626
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Archibald Alexander E125506 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa
*A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa* is a 19th-century historical work by American theologian Archibald Alexander that examines the origins, development, and implications of efforts to colonize West Africa, particularly through the American Colonization Society and the founding of Liberia.
E541951 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: A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa | Statement: [Archibald Alexander, notableWork, A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa
Context triple: [Archibald Alexander, notableWork, A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa]
  • A. 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.
  • B. The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy
    The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy is an 1839 abolitionist treatise by Thomas Fowell Buxton that analyzes the transatlantic slave trade and advocates practical measures, including legitimate commerce and political action, to end it.
  • C. Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade
    Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade is an influential 1788 pamphlet by former slave ship captain turned Anglican clergyman John Newton, in which he condemns and details the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
  • D. An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African
    *An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African* is an influential 18th-century abolitionist treatise by Thomas Clarkson that exposed and condemned the transatlantic slave trade.
  • E. An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
    An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
  • 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: A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa
Triple: [Archibald Alexander, notableWork, A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa]
Generated description
*A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa* is a 19th-century historical work by American theologian Archibald Alexander that examines the origins, development, and implications of efforts to colonize West Africa, particularly through the American Colonization Society and the founding of Liberia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa
Target entity description: *A History of the Colonization of the Western Coast of Africa* is a 19th-century historical work by American theologian Archibald Alexander that examines the origins, development, and implications of efforts to colonize West Africa, particularly through the American Colonization Society and the founding of Liberia.
  • A. 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.
  • B. The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy
    The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy is an 1839 abolitionist treatise by Thomas Fowell Buxton that analyzes the transatlantic slave trade and advocates practical measures, including legitimate commerce and political action, to end it.
  • C. Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade
    Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade is an influential 1788 pamphlet by former slave ship captain turned Anglican clergyman John Newton, in which he condemns and details the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
  • D. An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African
    *An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African* is an influential 18th-century abolitionist treatise by Thomas Clarkson that exposed and condemned the transatlantic slave trade.
  • E. An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
    An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
  • 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_69c0082bb19c8190823a4facd3cba79b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02409e70081909e47f2bd4a50fa12 completed March 22, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c05a528a348190a7f6fd4cc3b76c92 completed March 22, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05d8890148190a4f81b2c1ca70886 completed March 22, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0620ee1848190935f5f78abbed7ba completed March 22, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:45 p.m.