Triple
T7551683
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ceylon Defence Force |
E178548
|
entity |
| Predicate | component |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps
The Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps was a military medical unit in colonial Ceylon that provided volunteer medical services and support to the island’s defence forces.
|
E671688
|
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 Volunteer Medical Corps | Statement: [Ceylon Defence Force, component, Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps Context triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, component, Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps]
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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.
Malacca Volunteer Corps
The Malacca Volunteer Corps was a colonial-era volunteer military unit based in Malacca that later became part of the broader Straits Settlements Volunteer Force.
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C.
Burma Corps
The Burma Corps was a British-Indian Army formation in World War II that fought in the Burma Campaign against Japanese forces under the leadership of General William Slim.
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D.
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps is the specialist nursing branch of the British Army, providing professional nursing care to soldiers in military hospitals and operational deployments worldwide.
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E.
Imperial Service Troops
Imperial Service Troops were elite, semi-autonomous military units raised by the princely states of British India to serve alongside the British Indian Army, particularly in overseas and frontier campaigns.
- 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 Volunteer Medical Corps Triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, component, Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps]
Generated description
The Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps was a military medical unit in colonial Ceylon that provided volunteer medical services and support to the island’s defence forces.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps Target entity description: The Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps was a military medical unit in colonial Ceylon that provided volunteer medical services and support to the island’s defence forces.
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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.
-
B.
Malacca Volunteer Corps
The Malacca Volunteer Corps was a colonial-era volunteer military unit based in Malacca that later became part of the broader Straits Settlements Volunteer Force.
-
C.
Burma Corps
The Burma Corps was a British-Indian Army formation in World War II that fought in the Burma Campaign against Japanese forces under the leadership of General William Slim.
-
D.
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps is the specialist nursing branch of the British Army, providing professional nursing care to soldiers in military hospitals and operational deployments worldwide.
-
E.
Imperial Service Troops
Imperial Service Troops were elite, semi-autonomous military units raised by the princely states of British India to serve alongside the British Indian Army, particularly in overseas and frontier campaigns.
- 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_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.