Triple

T964879
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Royal African Company E20815 entity
Predicate flag P401 FINISHED
Object Royal African Company flag
The Royal African Company flag was the emblem flown by the English chartered company that dominated Britain’s early involvement in the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
E113564 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: Royal African Company flag | Statement: [Royal African Company, flag, Royal African Company flag]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal African Company flag
Context triple: [Royal African Company, flag, Royal African Company flag]
  • A. British Red Ensign
    The British Red Ensign is a historic maritime flag of England and later Great Britain, featuring a red field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally flown by British merchant and civilian vessels.
  • B. Moor's head flag
    The Moor's head flag is the historic emblem of Corsica, featuring a black Moor's head in profile on a white field and symbolizing the island's identity and struggle for freedom.
  • C. Grand Union Flag
    The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
  • D. British Blue Ensign
    The British Blue Ensign is a maritime flag featuring a dark blue field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally used by certain British government vessels and authorized organizations.
  • E. Royal Standard of Jamaica
    The Royal Standard of Jamaica is the personal flag used by the reigning monarch in Jamaica, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority in the country.
  • 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: Royal African Company flag
Triple: [Royal African Company, flag, Royal African Company flag]
Generated description
The Royal African Company flag was the emblem flown by the English chartered company that dominated Britain’s early involvement in the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal African Company flag
Target entity description: The Royal African Company flag was the emblem flown by the English chartered company that dominated Britain’s early involvement in the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
  • A. British Red Ensign
    The British Red Ensign is a historic maritime flag of England and later Great Britain, featuring a red field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally flown by British merchant and civilian vessels.
  • B. Moor's head flag
    The Moor's head flag is the historic emblem of Corsica, featuring a black Moor's head in profile on a white field and symbolizing the island's identity and struggle for freedom.
  • C. Grand Union Flag
    The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
  • D. British Blue Ensign
    The British Blue Ensign is a maritime flag featuring a dark blue field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally used by certain British government vessels and authorized organizations.
  • E. Royal Standard of Jamaica
    The Royal Standard of Jamaica is the personal flag used by the reigning monarch in Jamaica, symbolizing the sovereign’s authority in the country.
  • 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_69a493b33d2c81909c52c369d3ca8436 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b431d61481908b53490e99670363 completed March 1, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac11a82bfc81908a30b19d4ecc25f1 completed March 7, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac12e7384881908211de8a4092b3c0 completed March 7, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac135f4b9c8190b45955bc9ef65608 completed March 7, 2026, noon
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.