Triple

T7551687

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ceylon Defence Force	`E178548`	entity
Predicate	governedBy	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Defence Ordinance of Ceylon The Defence Ordinance of Ceylon was a key colonial-era legal framework that structured and regulated the organization, duties, and administration of Ceylon’s military forces.	`E671689`	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: Defence Ordinance of Ceylon | Statement: [Ceylon Defence Force, governedBy, Defence Ordinance of Ceylon]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Defence Ordinance of Ceylon
Context triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, governedBy, Defence Ordinance of Ceylon]

A. Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946
The Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946 was the British-issued constitutional instrument that established Ceylon’s post-war self-governing framework and created the institutional structure of the Parliament of Ceylon.
B. Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council 1931
The Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council 1931 was a British constitutional instrument that introduced a new legislative framework and limited self-government in colonial Ceylon under the Donoughmore Constitution.
C. defence of Ceylon
The defence of Ceylon refers to the Allied naval and air operations in 1942 to protect the strategically vital island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from Japanese attack during World War II.
D. Ceylon Independence Act 1947
The Ceylon Independence Act 1947 was a law passed by the British Parliament that granted full dominion status and political independence to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) within the British Commonwealth.
E. Government of Ceylon
The Government of Ceylon was the central governing authority of the British Crown colony and later dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) until the country became a republic in 1972.
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: Defence Ordinance of Ceylon
Triple: [Ceylon Defence Force, governedBy, Defence Ordinance of Ceylon]

Generated description

The Defence Ordinance of Ceylon was a key colonial-era legal framework that structured and regulated the organization, duties, and administration of Ceylon’s military forces.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Defence Ordinance of Ceylon
Target entity description: The Defence Ordinance of Ceylon was a key colonial-era legal framework that structured and regulated the organization, duties, and administration of Ceylon’s military forces.

A. Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946
The Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946 was the British-issued constitutional instrument that established Ceylon’s post-war self-governing framework and created the institutional structure of the Parliament of Ceylon.
B. Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council 1931
The Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council 1931 was a British constitutional instrument that introduced a new legislative framework and limited self-government in colonial Ceylon under the Donoughmore Constitution.
C. defence of Ceylon
The defence of Ceylon refers to the Allied naval and air operations in 1942 to protect the strategically vital island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from Japanese attack during World War II.
D. Ceylon Independence Act 1947
The Ceylon Independence Act 1947 was a law passed by the British Parliament that granted full dominion status and political independence to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) within the British Commonwealth.
E. Government of Ceylon
The Government of Ceylon was the central governing authority of the British Crown colony and later dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) until the country became a republic in 1972.
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.