Triple

T11914136
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salisbury E283468 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia
The Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British colonial territory in south-central Africa that existed from the early 20th century until it became modern-day Zimbabwe.
E953161 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 Southern Rhodesia | Statement: [Salisbury, partOf, Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia
Context triple: [Salisbury, partOf, Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia]
  • A. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
  • B. Rhodesia
    Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
  • C. Colony of Natal
    The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
  • D. British Protectorate of Basutoland
    The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
  • E. Northern Rhodesia
    Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia 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: Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia
Triple: [Salisbury, partOf, Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia]
Generated description
The Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British colonial territory in south-central Africa that existed from the early 20th century until it became modern-day Zimbabwe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia
Target entity description: The Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British colonial territory in south-central Africa that existed from the early 20th century until it became modern-day Zimbabwe.
  • A. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
  • B. Rhodesia
    Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
  • C. Colony of Natal
    The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
  • D. British Protectorate of Basutoland
    The British Protectorate of Basutoland was a southern African territory under British colonial rule from the late 19th century until 1966, when it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho.
  • E. Northern Rhodesia
    Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia 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_69d6ab2c07e88190ba13b0d21fd6cf33 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8e52a2bc08190b80cc6ccf5779d7c completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f4186938548190b5ae10e111aece9a completed May 1, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f41f1e746c81909f78f0e0bf173c7b completed May 1, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f42291f3608190ab079f939d34cf15 completed May 1, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.