Triple

T21667732
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Captaincy of Sergipe del Rei E534764 entity
Predicate legalSystem P605 FINISHED
Object Portuguese colonial law
Portuguese colonial law was the body of legal codes, royal decrees, and administrative regulations imposed by the Portuguese Crown to govern and control its overseas colonies.
E902777 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: Portuguese colonial law | Statement: [Captaincy of Sergipe del Rei, legalSystem, Portuguese colonial law]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese colonial law
Context triple: [Captaincy of Sergipe del Rei, legalSystem, Portuguese colonial law]
  • A. Portuguese maritime law
    Portuguese maritime law is the body of national legal rules and regulations that governs maritime activities, navigation, resources, and jurisdiction in Portugal’s surrounding seas and ocean areas.
  • B. Portuguese law
    Portuguese law is the national legal system of Portugal, encompassing its constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that govern public and private life in the country.
  • C. Portuguese Civil Code
    The Portuguese Civil Code is the fundamental body of private law in Portugal, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations, and serving as a key legal foundation for other branches of law.
  • D. Portuguese colonial administration
    The Portuguese colonial administration was the system of governance and control established by Portugal over its overseas territories, shaping their political, economic, and social structures until decolonization.
  • E. Portuguese succession law
    Portuguese succession law is the body of legal rules and principles that historically governed the inheritance of the Portuguese throne and the transmission of royal titles and dynastic rights.
  • 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: Portuguese colonial law
Triple: [Captaincy of Sergipe del Rei, legalSystem, Portuguese colonial law]
Generated description
Portuguese colonial law was the body of legal codes, royal decrees, and administrative regulations imposed by the Portuguese Crown to govern and control its overseas colonies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese colonial law
Target entity description: Portuguese colonial law was the body of legal codes, royal decrees, and administrative regulations imposed by the Portuguese Crown to govern and control its overseas colonies.
  • A. Portuguese maritime law
    Portuguese maritime law is the body of national legal rules and regulations that governs maritime activities, navigation, resources, and jurisdiction in Portugal’s surrounding seas and ocean areas.
  • B. Portuguese law
    Portuguese law is the national legal system of Portugal, encompassing its constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that govern public and private life in the country.
  • C. Portuguese Civil Code
    The Portuguese Civil Code is the fundamental body of private law in Portugal, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations, and serving as a key legal foundation for other branches of law.
  • D. Portuguese colonial administration chosen
    The Portuguese colonial administration was the system of governance and control established by Portugal over its overseas territories, shaping their political, economic, and social structures until decolonization.
  • E. Portuguese succession law
    Portuguese succession law is the body of legal rules and principles that historically governed the inheritance of the Portuguese throne and the transmission of royal titles and dynastic rights.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0c46898008190aa618a4af55bd1ee completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef6c0cf6208190a8bd9fa423c65a40 completed April 27, 2026, 2 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a15a32c1c8190a9ae4efb9d09e1dc completed May 17, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a1635915081908c46794cdbaa4cde completed May 17, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a16c70cfc81908125358316e2a89a completed May 17, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:37 p.m.