Triple

T16809203
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council 1931 E408561 entity
Predicate jurisdiction P82 FINISHED
Object Crown Colony of Ceylon
The Crown Colony of Ceylon was a British colonial possession in South Asia that existed from the early 19th century until its independence as Sri Lanka in 1948.
E1236957 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: Crown Colony of Ceylon | Statement: [Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council 1931, jurisdiction, Crown Colony of Ceylon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown Colony of Ceylon
Context triple: [Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council 1931, jurisdiction, Crown Colony of Ceylon]
  • A. Dominion of Ceylon
    The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
  • B. territory of Ceylon
    The territory of Ceylon was the geographic domain of the former British Crown colony and later independent state of Ceylon, corresponding largely to present-day Sri Lanka.
  • C. Crown Colony of Singapore
    The Crown Colony of Singapore was a British colonial territory established after World War II, marking Singapore’s separation from the Straits Settlements and its direct administration as a distinct crown colony until it gained self-governance and later independence.
  • D. Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
    Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
  • E. Colony of Burma
    The Colony of Burma was a British-controlled territory in Southeast Asia that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence in 1948.
  • 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: Crown Colony of Ceylon
Triple: [Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council 1931, jurisdiction, Crown Colony of Ceylon]
Generated description
The Crown Colony of Ceylon was a British colonial possession in South Asia that existed from the early 19th century until its independence as Sri Lanka in 1948.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown Colony of Ceylon
Target entity description: The Crown Colony of Ceylon was a British colonial possession in South Asia that existed from the early 19th century until its independence as Sri Lanka in 1948.
  • A. Dominion of Ceylon
    The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
  • B. territory of Ceylon
    The territory of Ceylon was the geographic domain of the former British Crown colony and later independent state of Ceylon, corresponding largely to present-day Sri Lanka.
  • C. Crown Colony of Singapore
    The Crown Colony of Singapore was a British colonial territory established after World War II, marking Singapore’s separation from the Straits Settlements and its direct administration as a distinct crown colony until it gained self-governance and later independence.
  • D. Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
    Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
  • E. Colony of Burma
    The Colony of Burma was a British-controlled territory in Southeast Asia that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence in 1948.
  • 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_6a00bb0dce448190b20ca3d60d9fc475 completed May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00bc9d223081909e84e78bc09c2f4c completed May 10, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00bd529f54819089d9f229e1801bb1 completed May 10, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.