Triple
T12829481
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 |
E306745
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British East Africa Protectorate |
E472335
|
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 East Africa Protectorate | Statement: [Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1890, relatedTo, British East Africa Protectorate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British East Africa Protectorate Context triple: [Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1890, relatedTo, British East Africa Protectorate]
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A.
British East Africa
chosen
British East Africa was a former British colonial territory in East Africa, primarily encompassing present-day Kenya and neighboring regions, administered under various imperial arrangements until the mid-20th century.
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B.
British Protectorate of Uganda
The British Protectorate of Uganda was a colonial territory in East Africa under British rule from the late 19th century until its independence in 1962, forming the basis of the modern state of Uganda.
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C.
German East Africa
German East Africa was a former German colonial territory in East Africa, encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of Mozambique, that existed from the late 19th century until the end of World War I.
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D.
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.
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E.
Swaziland Protectorate
Swaziland Protectorate was a British colonial protectorate in Southern Africa that preceded the modern independent nation of Eswatini.
- 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_69d7bdf52b94819096d6f0ba4ab50a98 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96faf9ae481908265e198f917d1e6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6af4f56108190b75dbf9bb144e94a |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:34 p.m.