Triple

T1868299
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Río Muni E34972 entity
Predicate partOfFormerColony P3812 FINISHED
Object Spanish Guinea
Spanish Guinea was a former Spanish colonial territory in Central Africa that comprised the mainland region of Río Muni and the island of Fernando Po (now Bioko), forming the basis of present-day Equatorial Guinea.
E34972 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Spanish Guinea | Statement: [Río Muni, partOfFormerColony, Spanish Guinea]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spanish Guinea
Context triple: [Río Muni, partOfFormerColony, Spanish Guinea]
  • A. Güines
    Güines is a town and municipality in western Cuba known historically as an important agricultural and sugar-producing center southeast of Havana.
  • B. Río Muni
    Río Muni is the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea, located on the west coast of Central Africa and forming the country’s largest and most populous territory.
  • C. Dutch Gold Coast
    The Dutch Gold Coast was a former colonial territory of the Netherlands on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on a network of coastal forts and trading posts involved in the Atlantic slave trade and commerce in gold and other goods.
  • D. Dutch Angola
    Dutch Angola was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colonial foothold on the west coast of Central Africa, centered on Luanda and primarily focused on the Atlantic slave trade.
  • E. Portuguese Gold Coast
    The Portuguese Gold Coast was a former Portuguese colonial possession on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on fortified trading posts that played a key role in early European involvement in the Atlantic slave and gold trades.
  • 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: Spanish Guinea
Triple: [Río Muni, partOfFormerColony, Spanish Guinea]
Generated description
Spanish Guinea was a former Spanish colonial territory in Central Africa that comprised the mainland region of Río Muni and the island of Fernando Po (now Bioko), forming the basis of present-day Equatorial Guinea.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spanish Guinea
Target entity description: Spanish Guinea was a former Spanish colonial territory in Central Africa that comprised the mainland region of Río Muni and the island of Fernando Po (now Bioko), forming the basis of present-day Equatorial Guinea.
  • A. Güines
    Güines is a town and municipality in western Cuba known historically as an important agricultural and sugar-producing center southeast of Havana.
  • B. Río Muni chosen
    Río Muni is the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea, located on the west coast of Central Africa and forming the country’s largest and most populous territory.
  • C. Dutch Gold Coast
    The Dutch Gold Coast was a former colonial territory of the Netherlands on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on a network of coastal forts and trading posts involved in the Atlantic slave trade and commerce in gold and other goods.
  • D. Dutch Angola
    Dutch Angola was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colonial foothold on the west coast of Central Africa, centered on Luanda and primarily focused on the Atlantic slave trade.
  • E. Portuguese Gold Coast
    The Portuguese Gold Coast was a former Portuguese colonial possession on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on fortified trading posts that played a key role in early European involvement in the Atlantic slave and gold trades.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: partOfFormerColony
Context triple: [Río Muni, partOfFormerColony, Spanish Guinea]
  • A. formerColonyName
    Indicates that one entity is the historical or previous name used for a colony that later changed its political status or designation.
  • B. isColonialFoundationOf
    Indicates that one entity was established as a colony that later developed into or served as the origin of the other entity.
  • C. usedByColonialPower
    Indicates that something is employed or exploited as a tool, resource, or mechanism by a colonial power in the context of domination or control.
  • D. wasColonialPower
    Indicates that one entity historically exercised colonial control or dominance over another entity.
  • E. hasColonialHistoryWith chosen
    Indicates that one entity has a historical relationship of colonization or being colonized involving the other entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a88600b2f88190bc09303e68ab517e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb16c09e48190a345c95eab59fd87 completed March 7, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69addf5163d88190a41df4c8f4e196f0 completed March 8, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ade3146c80819080503bb501abca3a completed March 8, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ade37080fc81908aa4eaf9aded9e59 completed March 8, 2026, 9 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abafe02c3c819093a4744b476106ca completed March 7, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.