Triple

T8442796
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Điện Biên Phủ Street E199588 entity
Predicate hasColonialHistoryContext P3812 FINISHED
Object French Indochina E1494 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 Indochina | Statement: [Điện Biên Phủ Street, hasColonialHistoryContext, French Indochina]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: French Indochina
Context triple: [Điện Biên Phủ Street, hasColonialHistoryContext, French Indochina]
  • A. French Indochina chosen
    French Indochina was a French colonial federation in Southeast Asia, comprising territories such as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, that existed from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
  • B. Cochinchina
    Cochinchina was the southern region of Vietnam that became a French colony and later formed part of French Indochina.
  • C. Empire of Vietnam
    The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived Japanese-backed puppet state that existed in 1945 during World War II, preceding the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
  • D. Protectorate of Annam
    The Protectorate of Annam was a central Vietnamese monarchy under French colonial rule, forming one of the key constituent regions of French Indochina.
  • E. French Forces in Indochina
    The French Forces in Indochina were the colonial military forces of France engaged in the First Indochina War against the Viet Minh across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1946 to 1954.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: hasColonialHistoryContext
Context triple: [Điện Biên Phủ Street, hasColonialHistoryContext, French Indochina]
  • A. hasColonialHistory
    Indicates that an entity has experienced or participated in a period of colonial rule, control, or administration in relation to another entity.
  • B. hasColonialHistoryWith chosen
    Indicates that one entity has a historical relationship of colonization or being colonized involving the other entity.
  • C. hasColonialName
    Indicates that an entity is known by, or has been assigned, a name originating from a colonial power or colonial period.
  • D. hasColonialInfrastructure
    Indicates that one entity possesses or is characterized by infrastructure established or developed during a period of colonial rule by another entity.
  • E. hasColonialCity
    Indicates that an entity possesses or includes a city that was established or significantly developed during a period of colonial rule.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca83170f9081909cd98f55614c6476 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cbe310d8e08190b871bda79acde678 ner completed
NED1 batch_69ce1da3a99481909c9beae665bb5b83 ned_source_triple completed
PD batch_69cbd0f5a3648190beb53a139a2d5482 pd completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:08 p.m.