Triple
T10060312
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bornu |
E208970
|
entity |
| Predicate | incorporatedInto |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British colonial Nigeria |
E60432
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 colonial Nigeria | Statement: [Bornu, incorporatedInto, British colonial Nigeria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial Nigeria Context triple: [Bornu, incorporatedInto, British colonial Nigeria]
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A.
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
chosen
The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was a British colonial entity in West Africa that unified several previously separate territories into what later became the modern nation-state of Nigeria.
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B.
Lagos Colony
Lagos Colony was a British colonial territory centered on the port city of Lagos, which later became a key component of modern Nigeria.
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C.
First Republic of Nigeria
The First Republic of Nigeria was the country’s initial post-independence democratic government period (1963–1966), characterized by a parliamentary system and regional politics before being ended by a military coup.
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D.
British West Africa
British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
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E.
British Gold Coast
The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca836094408190a36a1ea7e9a86fcd |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdcfd0d23081909510785ef8a186a3 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d29a6779348190ab8db058fb6e5ce1 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 5:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:57 p.m.