Triple
T14209552
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | King Béhanzin |
E352190
|
entity |
| Predicate | resisted |
P437
|
FINISHED |
| Object | French colonization of Dahomey |
E347821
|
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: French colonization of Dahomey | Statement: [King Béhanzin, resisted, French colonization of Dahomey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonization of Dahomey Context triple: [King Béhanzin, resisted, French colonization of Dahomey]
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A.
French conquest of Gorée
The French conquest of Gorée was a 1677 naval and military operation in which France seized the strategically important island of Gorée off the coast of present-day Senegal, helping establish French dominance in the Atlantic slave trade.
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B.
Colony of Dahomey
chosen
The Colony of Dahomey was a French colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Benin.
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C.
Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue
The Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue was a French military campaign (1802–1803) sent by Napoleon Bonaparte to reassert control over the colony and restore slavery, which ultimately failed and paved the way for Haiti’s independence.
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D.
Dahomey and the Slave Trade
"Dahomey and the Slave Trade" is a historical study by Karl Polanyi examining the economic and social structures of the Kingdom of Dahomey in relation to the Atlantic slave trade.
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E.
Kingdom of Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful precolonial West African state known for its centralized monarchy, extensive involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, and elite corps of women warriors often called the Dahomey Amazons.
- 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_69d8278a06e481908b5d6af0a8afe737 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de61fa8d24819092a8ec5d34c1c799 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd19557f908190abb3dc116676f215 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:05 a.m.