Triple

T6263088
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British opium trade in China E140347 entity
Predicate keyActor P30063 FINISHED
Object British East India Company E8918 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 India Company | Statement: [British opium trade in China, keyActor, British East India Company]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: British East India Company
Context triple: [British opium trade in China, keyActor, British East India Company]
  • A. British East India Company chosen
    The British East India Company was a powerful English trading corporation that dominated commerce and colonial expansion in India and Asia from the 17th to the 19th century.
  • B. India Company
    India Company is a rifle company within the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines of the United States Marine Corps.
  • C. Dutch East India Company
    The Dutch East India Company was a powerful 17th–18th century chartered trading corporation that dominated Dutch colonial trade in Asia and is often considered the world’s first multinational company and first issuer of stock.
  • D. British South Sea Company
    The British South Sea Company was an early 18th-century English trading and finance corporation notorious for its role in the South Sea Bubble and its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
  • E. Asiatisk Kompagni
    Asiatisk Kompagni was the Danish Asiatic Company, a chartered trading company that managed Denmark-Norway’s trade and colonial interests in Asia during the early modern period.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: keyActor
Context triple: [British opium trade in China, keyActor, British East India Company]
  • A. keyInternationalActor
    Indicates that an entity plays a significant and influential role in international affairs or global interactions.
  • B. involvedActor
    Indicates that an entity participates as an actor or participant in the referenced event, activity, or situation.
  • C. keyPerson
    Indicates that a person plays a primary, central, or critically important role in relation to an organization, project, or entity.
  • D. primaryActor chosen
    Indicates that the referenced entity is the main participant or most central party responsible for the action or event in the relationship.
  • E. actorRole
    Indicates that an entity participates in an event or action in a specific capacity or function (such as performer, initiator, or responsible party).
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c008c95c5c819084bd3dd56133d84d elicitation completed
NER batch_69c06387fec0819095b47a37b9402aa9 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c2445061a481909487fdb04c50493b ned_source_triple completed
PD batch_69c05605566c81908e197f5accd072d2 pd completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.