Triple
T7763812
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville |
E176092
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalPeriod |
P302
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
French colonial era in North America
The French colonial era in North America was the period from the early 16th to the mid-18th century when France explored, settled, and controlled vast territories such as New France, Acadia, and Louisiana, shaping the continent’s political, cultural, and military history before ceding most holdings to Britain and Spain.
|
E6203
|
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: French colonial era in North America | Statement: [Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville, historicalPeriod, French colonial era in North America]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial era in North America Context triple: [Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville, historicalPeriod, French colonial era in North America]
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A.
French colonial Louisiana
French colonial Louisiana was a vast North American territory controlled by France from the late 17th to the mid-18th century, encompassing the Mississippi River basin and serving as a key hub for trade, military outposts, and cultural exchange between Europeans, Indigenous peoples, and Africans.
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B.
French colonial authorities in New France
French colonial authorities in New France were the representatives of the French Crown who governed its North American territories, overseeing administration, military defense, trade, and relations with Indigenous peoples.
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C.
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire was the overseas territories and possessions ruled by France from the 17th to the 20th century, spanning regions in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific and becoming one of history’s largest colonial empires.
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D.
French colonists
French colonists were European settlers from France who established and governed colonies in regions such as North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia from the 16th to 19th centuries.
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E.
France and England in North America
France and England in North America is a multi-volume historical work by Francis Parkman that chronicles the struggle between French and British colonial powers for dominance in North America.
- 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: French colonial era in North America Triple: [Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville, historicalPeriod, French colonial era in North America]
Generated description
The French colonial era in North America was the period from the early 16th to the mid-18th century when France explored, settled, and controlled vast territories such as New France, Acadia, and Louisiana, shaping the continent’s political, cultural, and military history before ceding most holdings to Britain and Spain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial era in North America Target entity description: The French colonial era in North America was the period from the early 16th to the mid-18th century when France explored, settled, and controlled vast territories such as New France, Acadia, and Louisiana, shaping the continent’s political, cultural, and military history before ceding most holdings to Britain and Spain.
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A.
French colonial Louisiana
French colonial Louisiana was a vast North American territory controlled by France from the late 17th to the mid-18th century, encompassing the Mississippi River basin and serving as a key hub for trade, military outposts, and cultural exchange between Europeans, Indigenous peoples, and Africans.
-
B.
French colonial authorities in New France
French colonial authorities in New France were the representatives of the French Crown who governed its North American territories, overseeing administration, military defense, trade, and relations with Indigenous peoples.
-
C.
French colonial empire
chosen
The French colonial empire was the overseas territories and possessions ruled by France from the 17th to the 20th century, spanning regions in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific and becoming one of history’s largest colonial empires.
-
D.
French colonists
French colonists were European settlers from France who established and governed colonies in regions such as North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia from the 16th to 19th centuries.
-
E.
France and England in North America
France and England in North America is a multi-volume historical work by Francis Parkman that chronicles the struggle between French and British colonial powers for dominance in North America.
- 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_69c69962923c8190ac74d28b4f9fe0a0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c704061d1881909b5b42bb93d2b8a7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8c7da8b848190b378f694118dfa19 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 6:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8c8d7a51481908fd537dbb57a6116 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8c98179908190a68b7f029fff8e3c |
completed | March 29, 2026, 6:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:09 p.m.