Triple
T7228051
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Treaties of the Anglo-Dutch Wars |
E154831
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
English colonial empire
The English colonial empire was the overseas territories and trading networks controlled by England (later Great Britain), which formed the foundation of the British Empire and played a central role in global trade, warfare, and colonization from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
|
E2886
|
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: English colonial empire | Statement: [Treaties of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, relatedTo, English colonial empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English colonial empire Context triple: [Treaties of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, relatedTo, English colonial empire]
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A.
British colonies
The British colonies were overseas territories under the sovereignty and administration of the United Kingdom that formed the core of the British Empire and spanned regions across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania.
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B.
European colonial empires
European colonial empires were vast overseas dominions established and controlled by European powers from the early modern period onward, characterized by territorial conquest, resource extraction, and political domination of colonized regions across the globe.
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C.
British America
British America was the collective term for Britain’s colonies in North America and the Caribbean prior to the independence of the United States and other territories.
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D.
English Settlement
English Settlement is a critically acclaimed 1982 double album by the English rock band XTC, noted for its more pastoral, acoustic sound and sophisticated songwriting.
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E.
British Empire
The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural 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: English colonial empire Triple: [Treaties of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, relatedTo, English colonial empire]
Generated description
The English colonial empire was the overseas territories and trading networks controlled by England (later Great Britain), which formed the foundation of the British Empire and played a central role in global trade, warfare, and colonization from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English colonial empire Target entity description: The English colonial empire was the overseas territories and trading networks controlled by England (later Great Britain), which formed the foundation of the British Empire and played a central role in global trade, warfare, and colonization from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
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A.
British colonies
The British colonies were overseas territories under the sovereignty and administration of the United Kingdom that formed the core of the British Empire and spanned regions across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania.
-
B.
European colonial empires
European colonial empires were vast overseas dominions established and controlled by European powers from the early modern period onward, characterized by territorial conquest, resource extraction, and political domination of colonized regions across the globe.
-
C.
British America
British America was the collective term for Britain’s colonies in North America and the Caribbean prior to the independence of the United States and other territories.
-
D.
English Settlement
English Settlement is a critically acclaimed 1982 double album by the English rock band XTC, noted for its more pastoral, acoustic sound and sophisticated songwriting.
-
E.
British Empire
chosen
The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.
- 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_69c68811dd1c8190ac460bb39e64e1f0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e9df72cc81908d1c04e6e310fbb4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7cc1cdfb88190934387e44531b732 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7cdb372c481908a09df2107ada8c3 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7cebb70c881908e851556b678342a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:54 p.m.