Triple

T1122369
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Straits Settlements E24639 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object Crown Colony of Singapore
The Crown Colony of Singapore was a British colonial territory established after World War II, marking Singapore’s separation from the Straits Settlements and its direct administration as a distinct crown colony until it gained self-governance and later independence.
E130163 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: Crown Colony of Singapore | Statement: [Straits Settlements, followedBy, Crown Colony of Singapore]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown Colony of Singapore
Context triple: [Straits Settlements, followedBy, Crown Colony of Singapore]
  • A. Straits Settlements
    The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • B. Federation of Malaya
    The Federation of Malaya was a British-formed union of Malay states and settlements on the Malay Peninsula that gained independence in 1957 and later became a core component of modern Malaysia.
  • C. British Malaya
    British Malaya was a group of British-controlled territories on the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands that became a major center of rubber and tin production before forming the core of modern Malaysia.
  • D. Federated Malay States
    The Federated Malay States was a British protectorate in the Malay Peninsula, comprising several sultanates under indirect colonial rule in the early 20th century.
  • E. Unfederated Malay States
    The Unfederated Malay States were a group of British-protected sultanates on the Malay Peninsula that remained administratively separate from the Federated Malay States during the colonial period.
  • 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: Crown Colony of Singapore
Triple: [Straits Settlements, followedBy, Crown Colony of Singapore]
Generated description
The Crown Colony of Singapore was a British colonial territory established after World War II, marking Singapore’s separation from the Straits Settlements and its direct administration as a distinct crown colony until it gained self-governance and later independence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown Colony of Singapore
Target entity description: The Crown Colony of Singapore was a British colonial territory established after World War II, marking Singapore’s separation from the Straits Settlements and its direct administration as a distinct crown colony until it gained self-governance and later independence.
  • A. Straits Settlements
    The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • B. Federation of Malaya
    The Federation of Malaya was a British-formed union of Malay states and settlements on the Malay Peninsula that gained independence in 1957 and later became a core component of modern Malaysia.
  • C. British Malaya
    British Malaya was a group of British-controlled territories on the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands that became a major center of rubber and tin production before forming the core of modern Malaysia.
  • D. Federated Malay States
    The Federated Malay States was a British protectorate in the Malay Peninsula, comprising several sultanates under indirect colonial rule in the early 20th century.
  • E. Unfederated Malay States
    The Unfederated Malay States were a group of British-protected sultanates on the Malay Peninsula that remained administratively separate from the Federated Malay States during the colonial period.
  • 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_69a4940712c88190aa244f3fc6070a65 completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bbbf71188190b82c8fff9d5ac01a completed March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac59a62b9c8190938b3c571cd8ff5f completed March 7, 2026, 5 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5a2cae9881908a9cfc09f9ef0968 completed March 7, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5b54d1f881909a367d12647eee3f completed March 7, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.