Triple
T6828342
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Empire legal system |
E157070
|
entity |
| Predicate | appliedInTerritory |
P908
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British Africa
British Africa comprised the various African territories colonized and administered by the United Kingdom, including regions such as Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and parts of Southern Africa, under British political and legal control.
|
E622143
|
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 Africa | Statement: [British Empire legal system, appliedInTerritory, British Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Africa Context triple: [British Empire legal system, appliedInTerritory, British Africa]
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A.
British West Africa
British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
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B.
British South Africa
British South Africa refers to the territories in southern Africa that were under British colonial rule, including regions that later became countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
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C.
British Gold Coast
The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.
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D.
British East Africa
British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.
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E.
African States
African States is a regional grouping of African countries that collectively participate and are represented in international bodies such as the UNICEF Executive Board.
- 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 Africa Triple: [British Empire legal system, appliedInTerritory, British Africa]
Generated description
British Africa comprised the various African territories colonized and administered by the United Kingdom, including regions such as Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and parts of Southern Africa, under British political and legal control.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Africa Target entity description: British Africa comprised the various African territories colonized and administered by the United Kingdom, including regions such as Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and parts of Southern Africa, under British political and legal control.
-
A.
British West Africa
British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
-
B.
British South Africa
British South Africa refers to the territories in southern Africa that were under British colonial rule, including regions that later became countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
-
C.
British Gold Coast
The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.
-
D.
British East Africa
British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.
-
E.
African States
African States is a regional grouping of African countries that collectively participate and are represented in international bodies such as the UNICEF Executive Board.
- 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_69c6882a5b5c8190917a7db9ed36bad1 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d6254bd88190a2a424537c2c12e2 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c723f49bdc8190af39b34dbaf3f0c9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c724d7f0308190abb494ea663ceeb9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c72568866c8190bf88a02e566d5c3a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:18 p.m.