Triple
T7551672
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ceylon Defence Force |
E178548
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers
The Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was a colonial-era volunteer military unit in British Ceylon that formed the core of the island’s early organized defense forces.
|
E178548
|
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 Light Infantry Volunteers | Statement: [Ceylon Defence Force, predecessor, Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers Context triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, predecessor, Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers]
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A.
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.
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B.
Sri Lanka Army
The Sri Lanka Army is the land-based military branch of Sri Lanka responsible for ground warfare, national defense, and internal security operations.
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C.
Malayan Home Guard
The Malayan Home Guard was a British-organized auxiliary security force composed largely of local volunteers, created to protect rural communities and support counterinsurgency operations during the Malayan Emergency.
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D.
Madras Cavalry
Madras Cavalry was a mounted military unit of the British-era Madras Army in colonial India, known for its role in regional campaigns and internal security.
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E.
Rajputana Rifles
Rajputana Rifles is one of the oldest and most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army, historically drawing many of its soldiers from Rajput communities.
- 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 Light Infantry Volunteers Triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, predecessor, Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers]
Generated description
The Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was a colonial-era volunteer military unit in British Ceylon that formed the core of the island’s early organized defense forces.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers Target entity description: The Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was a colonial-era volunteer military unit in British Ceylon that formed the core of the island’s early organized defense forces.
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A.
Ceylon Defence Force
chosen
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.
-
B.
Sri Lanka Army
The Sri Lanka Army is the land-based military branch of Sri Lanka responsible for ground warfare, national defense, and internal security operations.
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C.
Malayan Home Guard
The Malayan Home Guard was a British-organized auxiliary security force composed largely of local volunteers, created to protect rural communities and support counterinsurgency operations during the Malayan Emergency.
-
D.
Madras Cavalry
Madras Cavalry was a mounted military unit of the British-era Madras Army in colonial India, known for its role in regional campaigns and internal security.
-
E.
Rajputana Rifles
Rajputana Rifles is one of the oldest and most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army, historically drawing many of its soldiers from Rajput communities.
- 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_69c69f2cbe08819088f9eb0c03ef529b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f8b6c6488190b8fd94aca6ea8486 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c84f33c968819089fd0a2b07b076a3 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:59 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c84fb8382881909f29472230550aff |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c850327c8c81908c3e1ccf58b5bd74 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:03 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:49 p.m.