Triple
T18970270
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar |
E464147
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | People's Republic of Zanzibar |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: People's Republic of Zanzibar | Statement: [Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, precededBy, People's Republic of Zanzibar]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: People's Republic of Zanzibar Context triple: [Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, precededBy, People's Republic of Zanzibar]
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A.
People’s Republic of Zanzibar
chosen
The People’s Republic of Zanzibar was a short-lived socialist state established after the 1964 revolution that overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar, before it merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
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B.
Sultanate of Zanzibar
The Sultanate of Zanzibar was a 19th- and early 20th-century Indian Ocean island state ruled by an Omani Arab dynasty, known for its clove trade, strategic coastal position, and role in East African commerce and the slave trade.
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C.
Zanzibar
Zanzibar is a historically significant island and port off the coast of East Africa that became a key hub for Indian Ocean trade, particularly in spices, ivory, and slaves.
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D.
Jamhuuriyadda Jabuuti
Jamhuuriyadda Jabuuti is the Somali name for the Republic of Djibouti, a small but strategically important country in the Horn of Africa on the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
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E.
United Nations Trust Territory of Somaliland
The United Nations Trust Territory of Somaliland was a former UN-administered trust territory in the Horn of Africa, governed by Italy under UN supervision after World War II until its independence and unification with British Somaliland to form the Somali Republic in 1960.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8dd008af48190a97ff1c6488edf1b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5d619acbc8190acb49b3fae707758 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, noon