Triple
T6012238
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies |
E133861
|
entity |
| Predicate | category |
P87
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Colonial Office (United Kingdom) |
E2336
|
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: Colonial Office (United Kingdom) | Statement: [Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, category, Colonial Office (United Kingdom)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonial Office (United Kingdom) Context triple: [Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, category, Colonial Office (United Kingdom)]
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A.
Colonial Office
chosen
The Colonial Office was the British government department responsible for administering and overseeing the governance of the British Empire’s colonies and territories.
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B.
India Office in London
The India Office in London was the British government department responsible for overseeing the administration and affairs of British India from the imperial capital.
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C.
Malayan Union
The Malayan Union was a short-lived British colonial administration established in 1946 in the Malay Peninsula, whose unpopularity among Malays led to its replacement by the Federation of Malaya.
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D.
Crown Colony of Singapore
The Crown Colony of Singapore was a British colonial territory established after World War II, marking Singapore’s separation from the Straits Settlements and its direct administration as a distinct crown colony until it gained self-governance and later independence.
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E.
British India
British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
- 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_69c0087361a48190905c6b55969852b8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c04f5159bc8190a988293bbbb99d24 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c11ce452748190b8b798a5cc2922f2 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:06 p.m.