Triple
T7551685
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ceylon Defence Force |
E178548
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entity |
| Predicate | component |
P35
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Ceylon Volunteer Artillery
The Ceylon Volunteer Artillery was a colonial-era volunteer artillery unit in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) that provided trained gunners and support for the island’s coastal and field defenses.
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E178548
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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 Artillery | Statement: [Ceylon Defence Force, component, Ceylon Volunteer Artillery]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Volunteer Artillery Context triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, component, Ceylon Volunteer Artillery]
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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.
Madras Army
The Madras Army was one of the three presidency armies of British India, composed mainly of South Indian troops and playing a key role in British military campaigns in India and Southeast Asia before being merged into the unified British Indian Army.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
34th Bengal Native Infantry
The 34th Bengal Native Infantry was a regiment of the Bengal Army of the British East India Company, notable for its role in the early stages of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- 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 Artillery Triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, component, Ceylon Volunteer Artillery]
Generated description
The Ceylon Volunteer Artillery was a colonial-era volunteer artillery unit in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) that provided trained gunners and support for the island’s coastal and field defenses.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Volunteer Artillery Target entity description: The Ceylon Volunteer Artillery was a colonial-era volunteer artillery unit in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) that provided trained gunners and support for the island’s coastal and field defenses.
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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.
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B.
Madras Army
The Madras Army was one of the three presidency armies of British India, composed mainly of South Indian troops and playing a key role in British military campaigns in India and Southeast Asia before being merged into the unified British Indian Army.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
34th Bengal Native Infantry
The 34th Bengal Native Infantry was a regiment of the Bengal Army of the British East India Company, notable for its role in the early stages of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- 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_69c89a834d4c8190acf521fcff884109 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c89d9e0ab881909008c68ad1ca3151 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c89e3514d48190889034c27d85c31e |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:49 p.m.