Triple
T6006143
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen |
E133713
|
entity |
| Predicate | historyOfTopic |
P1451
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British colonization of Sumatra
The British colonization of Sumatra refers to the period when the British established and administered trading posts and territorial holdings—most notably around Bencoolen (Bengkulu)—to control pepper and other regional trade in competition with Dutch influence in the Indonesian archipelago.
|
E561773
|
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 colonization of Sumatra | Statement: [Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen, historyOfTopic, British colonization of Sumatra]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonization of Sumatra Context triple: [Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen, historyOfTopic, British colonization of Sumatra]
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A.
British occupation of Java
The British occupation of Java was a brief period from 1811 to 1816 when the British East India Company governed the island after seizing it from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia
The Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia was a rapid World War II campaign in which Imperial Japan seized key European colonial territories across the region to secure resources and strategic dominance.
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C.
Pamalayu expedition to Sumatra
The Pamalayu expedition to Sumatra was a late 13th-century naval and military campaign launched by the Javanese Singhasari Kingdom to assert influence over the Malay polities in central Sumatra and control key maritime trade routes.
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D.
British administration of Java
The British administration of Java was a brief period (1811–1816) during which the British East India Company governed the island after seizing it from the Dutch in the Napoleonic Wars, introducing significant administrative and economic reforms.
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E.
Aceh War
The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.
- 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 colonization of Sumatra Triple: [Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen, historyOfTopic, British colonization of Sumatra]
Generated description
The British colonization of Sumatra refers to the period when the British established and administered trading posts and territorial holdings—most notably around Bencoolen (Bengkulu)—to control pepper and other regional trade in competition with Dutch influence in the Indonesian archipelago.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonization of Sumatra Target entity description: The British colonization of Sumatra refers to the period when the British established and administered trading posts and territorial holdings—most notably around Bencoolen (Bengkulu)—to control pepper and other regional trade in competition with Dutch influence in the Indonesian archipelago.
-
A.
British occupation of Java
The British occupation of Java was a brief period from 1811 to 1816 when the British East India Company governed the island after seizing it from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars.
-
B.
Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia
The Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia was a rapid World War II campaign in which Imperial Japan seized key European colonial territories across the region to secure resources and strategic dominance.
-
C.
Pamalayu expedition to Sumatra
The Pamalayu expedition to Sumatra was a late 13th-century naval and military campaign launched by the Javanese Singhasari Kingdom to assert influence over the Malay polities in central Sumatra and control key maritime trade routes.
-
D.
British administration of Java
The British administration of Java was a brief period (1811–1816) during which the British East India Company governed the island after seizing it from the Dutch in the Napoleonic Wars, introducing significant administrative and economic reforms.
-
E.
Aceh War
The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.
- 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_69c00872444c8190bfaf1739dcec765c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c04f128354819088971ee398cbda77 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c10895559081908b9efdd32ecef37f |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c10b7467e88190955014bc060b20e4 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c10c0a001c81908e3ca53e9491ff9a |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:06 p.m.