Triple
T13565378
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lagos Colony |
E324019
|
entity |
| Predicate | legalStatus |
P64
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Crown colony of the United Kingdom |
E44903
|
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: Crown colony of the United Kingdom | Statement: [Lagos Colony, legalStatus, Crown colony of the United Kingdom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown colony of the United Kingdom Context triple: [Lagos Colony, legalStatus, Crown colony of the United Kingdom]
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A.
British Dominions
The British Dominions were semi-autonomous territories within the British Empire, such as Canada and Australia, that recognized the British monarch as their head of state while gradually developing self-governing institutions.
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B.
Crown colony
chosen
A Crown colony was a type of British colonial administration directly governed by the Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no local self-government.
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C.
British protectorate
A British protectorate was a type of colonial relationship in which a territory retained its local rulers and internal administration but was under the control and protection of the British Empire in matters such as foreign policy and defense.
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D.
English Commonwealth
The English Commonwealth was the republican government that ruled England (and later Scotland and Ireland) from 1649 to 1660 following the execution of Charles I and the abolition of the monarchy.
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E.
British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories are fourteen remnants of the British Empire that remain under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom while enjoying varying degrees of self-government.
- 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_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. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:47 p.m.