Triple
T7551684
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ceylon Defence Force |
E178548
|
entity |
| Predicate | component |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ceylon Volunteer Engineers
Ceylon Volunteer Engineers was a military engineering unit within the Ceylon Defence Force responsible for providing technical and engineering support services.
|
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 Volunteer Engineers | Statement: [Ceylon Defence Force, component, Ceylon Volunteer Engineers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Volunteer Engineers Context triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, component, Ceylon Volunteer Engineers]
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A.
Ceylon Civil Service
The Ceylon Civil Service was the elite administrative corps of British Ceylon responsible for governing and managing the island’s colonial bureaucracy.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
British Ceylon
British Ceylon was the British colonial possession in the Indian Ocean that encompassed the island of present-day Sri Lanka from the late 18th century until its independence in 1948.
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E.
Commonwealth Engineers Council
The Commonwealth Engineers Council is a professional body that brings together engineering institutions from across Commonwealth countries to promote collaboration, standards, and development in the engineering profession.
- 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 Engineers Triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, component, Ceylon Volunteer Engineers]
Generated description
Ceylon Volunteer Engineers was a military engineering unit within the Ceylon Defence Force responsible for providing technical and engineering support services.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Volunteer Engineers Target entity description: Ceylon Volunteer Engineers was a military engineering unit within the Ceylon Defence Force responsible for providing technical and engineering support services.
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A.
Ceylon Civil Service
The Ceylon Civil Service was the elite administrative corps of British Ceylon responsible for governing and managing the island’s colonial bureaucracy.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
British Ceylon
British Ceylon was the British colonial possession in the Indian Ocean that encompassed the island of present-day Sri Lanka from the late 18th century until its independence in 1948.
-
E.
Commonwealth Engineers Council
The Commonwealth Engineers Council is a professional body that brings together engineering institutions from across Commonwealth countries to promote collaboration, standards, and development in the engineering profession.
- 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.