Triple
T7372055
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British South Africa |
E170029
|
entity |
| Predicate | expansionLinkedTo |
P76627
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Scramble for Africa |
E17967
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Scramble for Africa | Statement: [British South Africa, expansionLinkedTo, Scramble for Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scramble for Africa Context triple: [British South Africa, expansionLinkedTo, Scramble for Africa]
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A.
Scramble for Africa
chosen
The Scramble for Africa was a late 19th-century period of rapid European colonization and partition of African territories, driven by imperial rivalry, economic interests, and strategic ambitions.
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B.
Fashoda Incident
The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
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C.
Anglo-Ashanti Wars
The Anglo-Ashanti Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts between the British Empire and the Ashanti Empire in present-day Ghana, fought over control of trade, territory, and regional influence in West Africa.
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D.
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference was an 1884–1885 meeting of European powers in Berlin that formalized the partition of Africa and set the rules for colonial expansion on the continent.
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E.
Conquest of Sudan
The Conquest of Sudan was the 19th-century Egyptian military campaign that brought much of Sudan under Ottoman-Egyptian control, laying the groundwork for later Anglo-Egyptian rule.
- 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: expansionLinkedTo Context triple: [British South Africa, expansionLinkedTo, Scramble for Africa]
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A.
expansionAdded
Indicates that an additional component, feature, or content has been incorporated into an existing entity or system.
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B.
expansionAlongside
Indicates that one entity expands or grows in parallel with, and in relation to, the expansion of another entity.
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C.
expandedBy
Indicates that one entity increases, elaborates, or builds upon the scope, detail, or extent of another entity.
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D.
expandsIn
Indicates that one entity grows, spreads, or extends its presence or influence within the space, scope, or context defined by another entity.
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E.
expands
Indicates that one entity increases in size, volume, scope, or extent relative to a previous state or another entity.
- 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_69c68a5bfaac81909ce7f001dfb70c76 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f18451d88190ad4a2674279bb703 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c802c711788190806987567dbc9942 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:33 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6f02ee3e08190a7a00c981129b22c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:01 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69c6f0ebf9c88190af5a4d87d3fd338a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:07 p.m.