Triple

T8690082
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British North Borneo E206263 entity
Predicate governingCompany P84211 FINISHED
Object British North Borneo Company
The British North Borneo Company was a chartered British company that administered and commercially exploited the territory of North Borneo (now part of Malaysia) from the late 19th to early 20th century.
E206263 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: British North Borneo Company | Statement: [British North Borneo, governingCompany, British North Borneo Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British North Borneo Company
Context triple: [British North Borneo, governingCompany, British North Borneo Company]
  • A. British North Borneo
    British North Borneo was a British protectorate and chartered company territory on the northern part of Borneo, encompassing what is now the Malaysian state of Sabah.
  • B. Labuan Corporation
    Labuan Corporation is the local governing authority responsible for administering and managing public services and development on the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan.
  • C. Burmah Oil Company
    Burmah Oil Company was a major British oil company active from the late 19th century, particularly in South and Southeast Asia, and played a key role in the early development of the global petroleum industry.
  • D. Government of Sarawak
    The Government of Sarawak is the state-level governing authority of Sarawak in Malaysia, responsible for administering the state's executive, legislative, and administrative functions.
  • E. Sarawak Forestry Corporation
    Sarawak Forestry Corporation is a state-owned agency in Sarawak, Malaysia responsible for managing and conserving the region’s forests, national parks, and protected areas.
  • 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: British North Borneo Company
Triple: [British North Borneo, governingCompany, British North Borneo Company]
Generated description
The British North Borneo Company was a chartered British company that administered and commercially exploited the territory of North Borneo (now part of Malaysia) from the late 19th to early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British North Borneo Company
Target entity description: The British North Borneo Company was a chartered British company that administered and commercially exploited the territory of North Borneo (now part of Malaysia) from the late 19th to early 20th century.
  • A. British North Borneo chosen
    British North Borneo was a British protectorate and chartered company territory on the northern part of Borneo, encompassing what is now the Malaysian state of Sabah.
  • B. Labuan Corporation
    Labuan Corporation is the local governing authority responsible for administering and managing public services and development on the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan.
  • C. Burmah Oil Company
    Burmah Oil Company was a major British oil company active from the late 19th century, particularly in South and Southeast Asia, and played a key role in the early development of the global petroleum industry.
  • D. Government of Sarawak
    The Government of Sarawak is the state-level governing authority of Sarawak in Malaysia, responsible for administering the state's executive, legislative, and administrative functions.
  • E. Sarawak Forestry Corporation
    Sarawak Forestry Corporation is a state-owned agency in Sarawak, Malaysia responsible for managing and conserving the region’s forests, national parks, and protected areas.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: governingCompany
Context triple: [British North Borneo, governingCompany, British North Borneo Company]
  • A. governingPartner
    Indicates that one entity serves as the primary ruling or controlling partner in relation to another within a governance or leadership structure.
  • B. memberCompany
    Indicates that a company is formally part of, or affiliated as a member with, a larger organization, group, or association.
  • C. underlyingCompany
    Indicates that one entity serves as the fundamental or base company upon which another entity (such as a product, instrument, or structure) is built, derived, or dependent.
  • D. parentCompanyLed
    Indicates that a parent company directed, managed, or took the leading role in a particular action, initiative, or decision involving its subsidiary or related entities.
  • E. publicCompany
    Indicates that a company is publicly traded, meaning its ownership shares are available to the general public on one or more stock exchanges.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69ca835481fc819084e33d3bc883bfa6 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5734602c81909a0687e00f4a4a26 completed March 31, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cef3df73b88190b67138ee5129de8b completed April 2, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cef52200788190a8173da1aaa4f681 completed April 2, 2026, 11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cef6c109b08190bb29ce2747f3ccb7 completed April 2, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cc4569f9048190b9c86b4c81103d35 completed March 31, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69cc483f06f48190879f4702c8b4ed00 completed March 31, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:33 p.m.