Triple

T9877303
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fenian Raids E240102 entity
Predicate opponent P437 FINISHED
Object Nova Scotia colonial forces
Nova Scotia colonial forces were the British colonial military units and local militias from Nova Scotia that defended the colony against external threats such as the Fenian Raids in the mid-19th century.
E826553 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: Nova Scotia colonial forces | Statement: [Fenian Raids, opponent, Nova Scotia colonial forces]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nova Scotia colonial forces
Context triple: [Fenian Raids, opponent, Nova Scotia colonial forces]
  • A. New Brunswick militia
    The New Brunswick militia was a colonial-era citizen-soldier force that defended the British province of New Brunswick, notably mobilizing during border disputes such as the Aroostook War.
  • B. Acadian militia
    The Acadian militia was a locally organized French-speaking colonial force in Acadia that defended its settlements and interests, often in alliance with French and Indigenous forces, during conflicts such as King George’s War.
  • C. Annapolis Royal campaigns
    The Annapolis Royal campaigns were a series of French and Indigenous military operations aimed at capturing the British-held fort and settlement of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia during the mid-18th century.
  • D. Capture of Cape Breton Island
    The Capture of Cape Breton Island was a British military operation during the War of the Austrian Succession in which British forces seized the French stronghold of Louisbourg, significantly impacting control of North American Atlantic trade routes.
  • E. British Army in North America
    The British Army in North America was the contingent of British imperial forces stationed in the American colonies to maintain order, enforce British policies, and defend territorial claims before and during the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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: Nova Scotia colonial forces
Triple: [Fenian Raids, opponent, Nova Scotia colonial forces]
Generated description
Nova Scotia colonial forces were the British colonial military units and local militias from Nova Scotia that defended the colony against external threats such as the Fenian Raids in the mid-19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nova Scotia colonial forces
Target entity description: Nova Scotia colonial forces were the British colonial military units and local militias from Nova Scotia that defended the colony against external threats such as the Fenian Raids in the mid-19th century.
  • A. New Brunswick militia
    The New Brunswick militia was a colonial-era citizen-soldier force that defended the British province of New Brunswick, notably mobilizing during border disputes such as the Aroostook War.
  • B. Acadian militia
    The Acadian militia was a locally organized French-speaking colonial force in Acadia that defended its settlements and interests, often in alliance with French and Indigenous forces, during conflicts such as King George’s War.
  • C. Annapolis Royal campaigns
    The Annapolis Royal campaigns were a series of French and Indigenous military operations aimed at capturing the British-held fort and settlement of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia during the mid-18th century.
  • D. Capture of Cape Breton Island
    The Capture of Cape Breton Island was a British military operation during the War of the Austrian Succession in which British forces seized the French stronghold of Louisbourg, significantly impacting control of North American Atlantic trade routes.
  • E. British Army in North America
    The British Army in North America was the contingent of British imperial forces stationed in the American colonies to maintain order, enforce British policies, and defend territorial claims before and during the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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_69ca84e8a0788190b9061811d50fd554 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb411fc78819082c52ae4233a6550 completed April 2, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1e47b62388190a033743376500375 completed April 5, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1e5d0da7081908e14fe4bc6623ea5 completed April 5, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1e6af89f88190abe63f8172182f58 completed April 5, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:37 p.m.