Triple

T10952992
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lamina Sankoh E258769 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial territory in West Africa that combined the coastal colony of Freetown with the surrounding protectorate until the country’s independence in 1961.
E894857 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: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate | Statement: [Lamina Sankoh, placeOfBirth, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
Context triple: [Lamina Sankoh, placeOfBirth, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate]
  • A. Bechuanaland Protectorate
    The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
  • B. Mano River Union
    The Mano River Union is a subregional organization in West Africa that promotes economic cooperation and regional integration among its member states.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Swaziland Protectorate
    Swaziland Protectorate was a British colonial protectorate in Southern Africa that preceded the modern independent nation of Eswatini.
  • E. Nyasaland
    Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
  • 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: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
Triple: [Lamina Sankoh, placeOfBirth, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate]
Generated description
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial territory in West Africa that combined the coastal colony of Freetown with the surrounding protectorate until the country’s independence in 1961.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
Target entity description: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was a British colonial territory in West Africa that combined the coastal colony of Freetown with the surrounding protectorate until the country’s independence in 1961.
  • A. Bechuanaland Protectorate
    The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
  • B. Mano River Union
    The Mano River Union is a subregional organization in West Africa that promotes economic cooperation and regional integration among its member states.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Swaziland Protectorate
    Swaziland Protectorate was a British colonial protectorate in Southern Africa that preceded the modern independent nation of Eswatini.
  • E. Nyasaland
    Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
  • 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_69d6aa88500c819097d7032ca578e74f completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d770fe4cfc81909032296c31e077f0 completed April 9, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e23c64089c8190a9c0aa63d7e7dc64 completed April 17, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e24543bd2c8190a3c807baa76c30f6 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e25d11ef24819091e730ae2416a058 completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:23 p.m.