Triple

T2462919
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British South Africa Company E54573 entity
Predicate legalBasisOfRule P125 FINISHED
Object Royal Charter of 1889
The Royal Charter of 1889 was a British government charter that granted the British South Africa Company extensive powers to administer, exploit, and expand colonial territories in southern Africa.
E268356 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: Royal Charter of 1889 | Statement: [British South Africa Company, legalBasisOfRule, Royal Charter of 1889]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Charter of 1889
Context triple: [British South Africa Company, legalBasisOfRule, Royal Charter of 1889]
  • A. Royal Charter of 1662
    The Royal Charter of 1662 was a colonial charter granted by King Charles II that established Connecticut’s governmental structure and extensive self-governing rights, forming the legal foundation for the colony’s (and later state’s) political system.
  • B. Royal Charter of 1663
    The Royal Charter of 1663 was a foundational document granted by King Charles II that guaranteed the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations an unusual degree of religious freedom and self-governance, shaping its distinct political and social character.
  • C. Royal Charter of 1732
    The Royal Charter of 1732 was the British legal instrument issued by King George II that created the colony of Georgia and defined the powers and responsibilities of its founding trustees.
  • D. Royal Charter
    A Royal Charter is a formal legal document issued by a monarch that grants rights, powers, or status to an organization, institution, or city, defining its constitution and governance.
  • E. Royal Titles Act 1876
    The Royal Titles Act 1876 was a British law that enabled Queen Victoria to assume the additional title "Empress of India," reflecting and formalizing British imperial rule over the Indian subcontinent.
  • 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: Royal Charter of 1889
Triple: [British South Africa Company, legalBasisOfRule, Royal Charter of 1889]
Generated description
The Royal Charter of 1889 was a British government charter that granted the British South Africa Company extensive powers to administer, exploit, and expand colonial territories in southern Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Charter of 1889
Target entity description: The Royal Charter of 1889 was a British government charter that granted the British South Africa Company extensive powers to administer, exploit, and expand colonial territories in southern Africa.
  • A. Royal Charter of 1662
    The Royal Charter of 1662 was a colonial charter granted by King Charles II that established Connecticut’s governmental structure and extensive self-governing rights, forming the legal foundation for the colony’s (and later state’s) political system.
  • B. Royal Charter of 1663
    The Royal Charter of 1663 was a foundational document granted by King Charles II that guaranteed the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations an unusual degree of religious freedom and self-governance, shaping its distinct political and social character.
  • C. Royal Charter of 1732
    The Royal Charter of 1732 was the British legal instrument issued by King George II that created the colony of Georgia and defined the powers and responsibilities of its founding trustees.
  • D. Royal Charter
    A Royal Charter is a formal legal document issued by a monarch that grants rights, powers, or status to an organization, institution, or city, defining its constitution and governance.
  • E. Royal Titles Act 1876
    The Royal Titles Act 1876 was a British law that enabled Queen Victoria to assume the additional title "Empress of India," reflecting and formalizing British imperial rule over the Indian subcontinent.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: legalBasisOfRule
Context triple: [British South Africa Company, legalBasisOfRule, Royal Charter of 1889]
  • A. legalBasis chosen
    Indicates the legal rule, authority, or justification under which an action, decision, or status is established or carried out.
  • B. legalRequirement
    Indicates that one entity is obligated by law to perform, provide, or comply with something in relation to another entity or situation.
  • C. jurisdictionBasis
    Indicates the legal grounds or authority under which one entity has the right to exercise jurisdiction over another entity, action, or matter.
  • D. legalDoctrine
    Indicates that one legal principle, rule, or theory is being applied, referenced, or relied upon as an authoritative basis for interpreting or deciding a legal issue.
  • E. legalBasisWeakenedBy
    Indicates that the legal force, validity, or effectiveness of something is reduced or undermined by another factor, action, or decision.
  • 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_69ab49dee84c819096b50a0049c347ac completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd2bc7b5481908b3664495e99f1a4 completed March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aef0d561a081909310113658b98f12 completed March 9, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aef8380d24819092b6502117a8ed42 completed March 9, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aef936b86c81908573ea73314fe6a9 completed March 9, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abd0b3ea308190a6d8499c2a542c50 completed March 7, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.