Triple

T16682201
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Colony of New Zealand E405365 entity
Predicate flag P401 FINISHED
Object Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period)
The Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period) was a British blue ensign defaced with the Southern Cross stars, used as the colonial flag of New Zealand before the adoption of its modern national flag.
E1227675 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: Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period) | Statement: [Colony of New Zealand, flag, Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period)
Context triple: [Colony of New Zealand, flag, Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period)]
  • A. Australian Red Ensign
    The Australian Red Ensign is a red-field maritime version of Australia's national flag historically used by Australian merchant ships and, informally, by civilians.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Australian Blue Ensign
    The Australian Blue Ensign is the national flag of Australia, featuring the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation on a blue field.
  • D. 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.
  • 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: Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period)
Triple: [Colony of New Zealand, flag, Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period)]
Generated description
The Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period) was a British blue ensign defaced with the Southern Cross stars, used as the colonial flag of New Zealand before the adoption of its modern national flag.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period)
Target entity description: The Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period) was a British blue ensign defaced with the Southern Cross stars, used as the colonial flag of New Zealand before the adoption of its modern national flag.
  • A. Australian Red Ensign
    The Australian Red Ensign is a red-field maritime version of Australia's national flag historically used by Australian merchant ships and, informally, by civilians.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Australian Blue Ensign
    The Australian Blue Ensign is the national flag of Australia, featuring the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation on a blue field.
  • D. 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.
  • 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.