Triple

T857430
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British India Steam Navigation Company E18522 entity
Predicate operatedRoute P18593 FINISHED
Object Britain–India
Britain–India refers to the historic maritime route linking the United Kingdom with the Indian subcontinent, central to imperial trade, passenger travel, and colonial administration.
E101727 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: Britain–India | Statement: [British India Steam Navigation Company, operatedRoute, Britain–India]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Britain–India
Context triple: [British India Steam Navigation Company, operatedRoute, Britain–India]
  • A. British India
    British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
  • B. India–United Kingdom relations
    India–United Kingdom relations encompass the historical, political, economic, and cultural ties between the Republic of India and the United Kingdom, shaped by colonial history and evolving into a modern strategic partnership.
  • C. The Commonwealth
    The Commonwealth is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Massachusetts, reflecting its historical self-identification as a government founded on the common consent and welfare of its people.
  • D. British Empire
    The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.
  • E. United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom is a sovereign country in northwestern Europe comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, known for its parliamentary democracy, global cultural influence, and historic role in world affairs.
  • 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: Britain–India
Triple: [British India Steam Navigation Company, operatedRoute, Britain–India]
Generated description
Britain–India refers to the historic maritime route linking the United Kingdom with the Indian subcontinent, central to imperial trade, passenger travel, and colonial administration.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Britain–India
Target entity description: Britain–India refers to the historic maritime route linking the United Kingdom with the Indian subcontinent, central to imperial trade, passenger travel, and colonial administration.
  • A. British India
    British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
  • B. India–United Kingdom relations
    India–United Kingdom relations encompass the historical, political, economic, and cultural ties between the Republic of India and the United Kingdom, shaped by colonial history and evolving into a modern strategic partnership.
  • C. The Commonwealth
    The Commonwealth is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Massachusetts, reflecting its historical self-identification as a government founded on the common consent and welfare of its people.
  • D. British Empire
    The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.
  • E. United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom is a sovereign country in northwestern Europe comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, known for its parliamentary democracy, global cultural influence, and historic role in world affairs.
  • 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_69a4938bdd3c8190a954a3c11844d9cf completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac4d47508190b48d944aa2d881bf completed March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7a3c1ee4481909d5713122e5ad856 completed March 4, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7a5288338819089638d5c848735dd completed March 4, 2026, 3:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7a63205308190b55b76116c0d5e7c completed March 4, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.