Triple
T831157
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scramble for Africa |
E17967
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasKeyEvent |
P811
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Fashoda Incident
The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
|
E97942
|
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: Fashoda Incident | Statement: [Scramble for Africa, hasKeyEvent, Fashoda Incident]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fashoda Incident Context triple: [Scramble for Africa, hasKeyEvent, Fashoda Incident]
-
A.
Siege of Khartoum
The Siege of Khartoum was an 1884–1885 military encirclement and capture of the Sudanese capital by Mahdist forces, culminating in the death of British General Charles Gordon and a major imperial defeat for Britain.
-
B.
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was a 1956 conflict triggered by Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal, which exposed rifts between Britain, France, Israel, and the United States and marked a turning point in postwar Middle Eastern and global power politics.
-
C.
Italian conquest of British Somaliland
The Italian conquest of British Somaliland was a 1940 World War II campaign in which Italian forces temporarily overran the British protectorate in the Horn of Africa as part of the broader East African campaign.
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D.
East African campaign
The East African campaign was a World War II military operation in which Allied forces, including British, Commonwealth, and Free French troops, fought to expel Italian forces from East Africa between 1940 and 1941.
-
E.
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland
The Allied reconquest of British Somaliland was a World War II military operation in 1941 in which British and Commonwealth forces retook the British Somaliland protectorate from Italian occupation as part of the broader East African campaign.
- 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: Fashoda Incident Triple: [Scramble for Africa, hasKeyEvent, Fashoda Incident]
Generated description
The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fashoda Incident Target entity description: The Fashoda Incident was an 1898 imperial confrontation between Britain and France in Sudan that nearly triggered war and symbolized the climax of their colonial rivalry in Africa.
-
A.
Siege of Khartoum
The Siege of Khartoum was an 1884–1885 military encirclement and capture of the Sudanese capital by Mahdist forces, culminating in the death of British General Charles Gordon and a major imperial defeat for Britain.
-
B.
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was a 1956 conflict triggered by Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal, which exposed rifts between Britain, France, Israel, and the United States and marked a turning point in postwar Middle Eastern and global power politics.
-
C.
Italian conquest of British Somaliland
The Italian conquest of British Somaliland was a 1940 World War II campaign in which Italian forces temporarily overran the British protectorate in the Horn of Africa as part of the broader East African campaign.
-
D.
East African campaign
The East African campaign was a World War II military operation in which Allied forces, including British, Commonwealth, and Free French troops, fought to expel Italian forces from East Africa between 1940 and 1941.
-
E.
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland
The Allied reconquest of British Somaliland was a World War II military operation in 1941 in which British and Commonwealth forces retook the British Somaliland protectorate from Italian occupation as part of the broader East African campaign.
- 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_69a4937c9c188190aaa216f6b466f452 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4abb4be948190ae757df85bdc40e4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d9991488190808adb29d3ad6273 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7799f87f08190ad393ce92c938030 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a77a2ef9d08190abc60490b4409d79 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.