Triple

T13565352
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lagos Colony E324019 entity
Predicate establishedThrough P55783 FINISHED
Object Treaty of Cession of Lagos
The Treaty of Cession of Lagos was an 1861 agreement by which the Oba of Lagos ceded sovereignty over Lagos to the British Crown, paving the way for formal colonial rule in the region.
E1047162 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: Treaty of Cession of Lagos | Statement: [Lagos Colony, establishedThrough, Treaty of Cession of Lagos]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Cession of Lagos
Context triple: [Lagos Colony, establishedThrough, Treaty of Cession of Lagos]
  • A. Treaty of Lagos
    The Treaty of Lagos is the 1975 agreement that established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional organization for economic integration and cooperation in West Africa.
  • B. Treaties of Benin
    Treaties of Benin are formal international agreements concluded by the Republic of Benin with other states or entities, governing various political, legal, and diplomatic relations.
  • C. Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871
    The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that transferred Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control, consolidating British colonial rule in what is now Ghana.
  • D. Abuja Treaty
    The Abuja Treaty is a 1991 African Union founding agreement that laid out the roadmap for creating an African Economic Community through progressive regional integration and economic cooperation among African states.
  • E. Treaty of 23 December 1865
    The Treaty of 23 December 1865 was the international agreement through which several European states standardized their coinage systems, laying the foundation for the Latin Monetary Union.
  • 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: Treaty of Cession of Lagos
Triple: [Lagos Colony, establishedThrough, Treaty of Cession of Lagos]
Generated description
The Treaty of Cession of Lagos was an 1861 agreement by which the Oba of Lagos ceded sovereignty over Lagos to the British Crown, paving the way for formal colonial rule in the region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Cession of Lagos
Target entity description: The Treaty of Cession of Lagos was an 1861 agreement by which the Oba of Lagos ceded sovereignty over Lagos to the British Crown, paving the way for formal colonial rule in the region.
  • A. Treaty of Lagos
    The Treaty of Lagos is the 1975 agreement that established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional organization for economic integration and cooperation in West Africa.
  • B. Treaties of Benin
    Treaties of Benin are formal international agreements concluded by the Republic of Benin with other states or entities, governing various political, legal, and diplomatic relations.
  • C. Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871
    The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that transferred Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control, consolidating British colonial rule in what is now Ghana.
  • D. Abuja Treaty
    The Abuja Treaty is a 1991 African Union founding agreement that laid out the roadmap for creating an African Economic Community through progressive regional integration and economic cooperation among African states.
  • E. Treaty of 23 December 1865
    The Treaty of 23 December 1865 was the international agreement through which several European states standardized their coinage systems, laying the foundation for the Latin Monetary Union.
  • 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_69d8076830b48190910a902bae5888e2 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbb00cecd48190a9a2caff3d424817 completed April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75daf1bfc8190bf22eb9ef242f54f completed May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75f9c6a8881908a6df0a9a4bbc7ab completed May 3, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7601770ac8190a03be23cfe66d5d1 completed May 3, 2026, 2:47 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:47 p.m.