Triple
T16809158
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donoughmore Constitution |
E408560
|
entity |
| Predicate | appliesToEthnicGroup |
P10927
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Burghers in Ceylon
Burghers in Ceylon were a Eurasian ethnic community in colonial and early 20th-century Sri Lanka, primarily of mixed European (especially Portuguese and Dutch) and local ancestry, who held a distinct social and legal status under British rule.
|
E1234895
|
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: Burghers in Ceylon | Statement: [Donoughmore Constitution, appliesToEthnicGroup, Burghers in Ceylon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burghers in Ceylon Context triple: [Donoughmore Constitution, appliesToEthnicGroup, Burghers in Ceylon]
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A.
Crown Counsel in Ceylon
Crown Counsel in Ceylon were government-appointed legal officers who prosecuted criminal cases and advised the colonial administration on legal matters during British rule in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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B.
King of Kandy
The King of Kandy was the monarch of the last independent Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka, ruling from the hill capital of Kandy until its annexation by the British in the early 19th century.
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C.
An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies
An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies is a 17th-century travel narrative and ethnographic account by Robert Knox detailing his captivity and observations of the people, culture, and geography of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).
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D.
Courts of Requests of Ceylon
The Courts of Requests of Ceylon were lower-level colonial civil courts in British-era Ceylon that primarily handled small claims and minor civil disputes.
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E.
Muslim courts in Ceylon
Muslim courts in Ceylon were specialized judicial bodies that applied Islamic law to personal and family matters among the island’s Muslim community during the period of Ceylon’s separate legal system.
- 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: Burghers in Ceylon Triple: [Donoughmore Constitution, appliesToEthnicGroup, Burghers in Ceylon]
Generated description
Burghers in Ceylon were a Eurasian ethnic community in colonial and early 20th-century Sri Lanka, primarily of mixed European (especially Portuguese and Dutch) and local ancestry, who held a distinct social and legal status under British rule.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burghers in Ceylon Target entity description: Burghers in Ceylon were a Eurasian ethnic community in colonial and early 20th-century Sri Lanka, primarily of mixed European (especially Portuguese and Dutch) and local ancestry, who held a distinct social and legal status under British rule.
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A.
Crown Counsel in Ceylon
Crown Counsel in Ceylon were government-appointed legal officers who prosecuted criminal cases and advised the colonial administration on legal matters during British rule in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
-
B.
King of Kandy
The King of Kandy was the monarch of the last independent Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka, ruling from the hill capital of Kandy until its annexation by the British in the early 19th century.
-
C.
An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies
An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies is a 17th-century travel narrative and ethnographic account by Robert Knox detailing his captivity and observations of the people, culture, and geography of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).
-
D.
Courts of Requests of Ceylon
The Courts of Requests of Ceylon were lower-level colonial civil courts in British-era Ceylon that primarily handled small claims and minor civil disputes.
-
E.
Muslim courts in Ceylon
Muslim courts in Ceylon were specialized judicial bodies that applied Islamic law to personal and family matters among the island’s Muslim community during the period of Ceylon’s separate legal system.
- 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_69d88393905081908d00a86b99996ac8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b2ceab608190a9c8cd339ddbea0a |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00b28f125481909664363904f4c031 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00b399786c8190acbd188ab55b1fa0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00b466ecd08190b7b5ee54476631ab |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.