Triple

T16682200
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Colony of New Zealand E405365 entity
Predicate flag P401 FINISHED
Object Union Jack (early colonial period)
The Union Jack (early colonial period) was the British national flag used to symbolize imperial authority and governance over New Zealand during its early colonial era.
E1227674 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: Union Jack (early colonial period) | Statement: [Colony of New Zealand, flag, Union Jack (early colonial period)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Jack (early colonial period)
Context triple: [Colony of New Zealand, flag, Union Jack (early colonial period)]
  • A. British Red Ensign
    The British Red Ensign is a historic maritime flag of England and later Great Britain, featuring a red field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally flown by British merchant and civilian vessels.
  • B. Canadian White Ensign (historical)
    The Canadian White Ensign (historical) was the distinctive naval flag flown by Royal Canadian Navy warships before the adoption of the current national flag in 1965.
  • C. Grand Union Flag
    The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
  • D. New Zealand Red Ensign
    The New Zealand Red Ensign is a red maritime flag featuring the Union Jack and Southern Cross, traditionally used by New Zealand merchant ships and often associated with Māori and historical civilian use.
  • E. Royal African Company flag
    The Royal African Company flag was the emblem flown by the English chartered company that dominated Britain’s early involvement in the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
  • 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: Union Jack (early colonial period)
Triple: [Colony of New Zealand, flag, Union Jack (early colonial period)]
Generated description
The Union Jack (early colonial period) was the British national flag used to symbolize imperial authority and governance over New Zealand during its early colonial era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Jack (early colonial period)
Target entity description: The Union Jack (early colonial period) was the British national flag used to symbolize imperial authority and governance over New Zealand during its early colonial era.
  • A. British Red Ensign
    The British Red Ensign is a historic maritime flag of England and later Great Britain, featuring a red field with the Union Jack in the canton, traditionally flown by British merchant and civilian vessels.
  • B. Canadian White Ensign (historical)
    The Canadian White Ensign (historical) was the distinctive naval flag flown by Royal Canadian Navy warships before the adoption of the current national flag in 1965.
  • C. Grand Union Flag
    The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
  • D. New Zealand Red Ensign
    The New Zealand Red Ensign is a red maritime flag featuring the Union Jack and Southern Cross, traditionally used by New Zealand merchant ships and often associated with Māori and historical civilian use.
  • E. Royal African Company flag
    The Royal African Company flag was the emblem flown by the English chartered company that dominated Britain’s early involvement in the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
  • 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_69d8838c28748190b3f5967c743940ab completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37d7018448190b3cb23191322044e completed April 18, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a008a404f448190a9dc7831382ffcdc completed May 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a008aed0bfc8190886b6a2e08a885b9 completed May 10, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a008bc0e57c8190838ec383f2a1b52c completed May 10, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.