Triple
T17021613
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Belich |
E412959
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century
"Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century" is a major historical study by James Belich that traces the formation and transformation of New Zealand’s peoples from early Polynesian arrival through colonial and post-colonial nation-building.
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E1247158
|
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: Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century | Statement: [James Belich, notableWork, Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century Context triple: [James Belich, notableWork, Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century]
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A.
A Peep at Polynesian Life
A Peep at Polynesian Life is the subtitle of Herman Melville’s 1846 semi-autobiographical travel narrative Typee, which recounts his experiences among the indigenous people of the Marquesas Islands.
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B.
Te Pirimia o Aotearoa
Te Pirimia o Aotearoa is the Māori-language title for the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the head of the country's government.
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C.
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography is an authoritative reference work that provides scholarly biographical entries on notable figures in New Zealand’s history.
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D.
British colonisation of New Zealand
The British colonisation of New Zealand was the 19th-century process by which Britain established political control and large-scale European settlement in New Zealand, profoundly reshaping the land’s governance, demographics, and Māori society.
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E.
The Melanesians of British New Guinea
"The Melanesians of British New Guinea" is a foundational early 20th-century ethnographic study by anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman examining the cultures, social structures, and beliefs of Melanesian peoples in what is now Papua New Guinea.
- 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: Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century Triple: [James Belich, notableWork, Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century]
Generated description
"Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century" is a major historical study by James Belich that traces the formation and transformation of New Zealand’s peoples from early Polynesian arrival through colonial and post-colonial nation-building.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century Target entity description: "Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders from Polynesian Settlement to the End of the Nineteenth Century" is a major historical study by James Belich that traces the formation and transformation of New Zealand’s peoples from early Polynesian arrival through colonial and post-colonial nation-building.
-
A.
A Peep at Polynesian Life
A Peep at Polynesian Life is the subtitle of Herman Melville’s 1846 semi-autobiographical travel narrative Typee, which recounts his experiences among the indigenous people of the Marquesas Islands.
-
B.
Te Pirimia o Aotearoa
Te Pirimia o Aotearoa is the Māori-language title for the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the head of the country's government.
-
C.
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography is an authoritative reference work that provides scholarly biographical entries on notable figures in New Zealand’s history.
-
D.
British colonisation of New Zealand
The British colonisation of New Zealand was the 19th-century process by which Britain established political control and large-scale European settlement in New Zealand, profoundly reshaping the land’s governance, demographics, and Māori society.
-
E.
The Melanesians of British New Guinea
"The Melanesians of British New Guinea" is a foundational early 20th-century ethnographic study by anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman examining the cultures, social structures, and beliefs of Melanesian peoples in what is now Papua New Guinea.
- 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_69d886cc4170819093deddc7b8b4b6a7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3d5d0dc848190a267f8542dfb86a6 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a011b4f9dfc819085639edb5cda1cca |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a011cc1afc48190b83e3203407c1d7f |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a011d67c82c8190b737406e8952eb2b |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.