Triple
T6384333
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ceylon Civil Service |
E143660
|
entity |
| Predicate | replacedBy |
P101
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ceylon Administrative Service
The Ceylon Administrative Service was the central elite civil service of post-independence Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), responsible for staffing the highest administrative and executive positions in government.
|
E143660
|
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: Ceylon Administrative Service | Statement: [Ceylon Civil Service, replacedBy, Ceylon Administrative Service]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Administrative Service Context triple: [Ceylon Civil Service, replacedBy, Ceylon Administrative Service]
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A.
Ceylon Civil Service
The Ceylon Civil Service was the elite administrative corps of British Ceylon responsible for governing and managing the island’s colonial bureaucracy.
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B.
Government of Ceylon
The Government of Ceylon was the central governing authority of the British Crown colony and later dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) until the country became a republic in 1972.
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C.
British Ceylon
British Ceylon was the British colonial possession in the Indian Ocean that encompassed the island of present-day Sri Lanka from the late 18th century until its independence in 1948.
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D.
office of Governor-General of Ceylon
The office of Governor-General of Ceylon was the post-independence viceregal position representing the British monarch as head of state in Ceylon until the country became a republic.
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E.
Ceylon Defence Force
The Ceylon Defence Force was the colonial-era military organization of British Ceylon, responsible for the island’s local defense and internal security before independence.
- 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: Ceylon Administrative Service Triple: [Ceylon Civil Service, replacedBy, Ceylon Administrative Service]
Generated description
The Ceylon Administrative Service was the central elite civil service of post-independence Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), responsible for staffing the highest administrative and executive positions in government.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Administrative Service Target entity description: The Ceylon Administrative Service was the central elite civil service of post-independence Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), responsible for staffing the highest administrative and executive positions in government.
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A.
Ceylon Civil Service
chosen
The Ceylon Civil Service was the elite administrative corps of British Ceylon responsible for governing and managing the island’s colonial bureaucracy.
-
B.
Government of Ceylon
The Government of Ceylon was the central governing authority of the British Crown colony and later dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) until the country became a republic in 1972.
-
C.
British Ceylon
British Ceylon was the British colonial possession in the Indian Ocean that encompassed the island of present-day Sri Lanka from the late 18th century until its independence in 1948.
-
D.
office of Governor-General of Ceylon
The office of Governor-General of Ceylon was the post-independence viceregal position representing the British monarch as head of state in Ceylon until the country became a republic.
-
E.
Ceylon Defence Force
The Ceylon Defence Force was the colonial-era military organization of British Ceylon, responsible for the island’s local defense and internal security before independence.
- F. None of above.
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_69c008dac1ec81909cef8157ccd69962 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06856434481909cbbca1c12c6e070 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c638791ce8819081aeec3b11e1c96e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c63a481084819088f894ffe3bbee6f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c63ab1e13c8190941888ed65574f7d |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:34 p.m.