Triple

T314594
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British colonial authorities E7678 entity
Predicate conflictWith P4897 FINISHED
Object American colonists
American colonists were the European-descended inhabitants of Britain’s North American colonies who developed a distinct political identity and ultimately led the movement for independence that created the United States.
E69 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: American colonists | Statement: [British colonial authorities, conflictWith, American colonists]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American colonists
Context triple: [British colonial authorities, conflictWith, American colonists]
  • A. Colonial America
    Colonial America refers to the period of European, primarily British, settlement and rule in what is now the United States, characterized by developing colonies, frontier expansion, and evolving political, social, and religious institutions prior to independence.
  • B. British North American colonies (except some territories)
    The British North American colonies (except some territories) were the group of Britain’s mainland and nearby colonial possessions in North America that later formed the core of modern Canada and were subject to major imperial laws and reforms in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • C. Thirteen Colonies
    The Thirteen Colonies were the original British settlements along the Atlantic coast of North America that united to declare independence and form the United States.
  • D. Massachusett people
    The Massachusett people are an Indigenous Algonquian-speaking nation of the Northeastern Woodlands whose traditional homelands encompass what is now eastern Massachusetts, including the area around present-day Boston.
  • E. New England Colonies
    The New England Colonies were a group of British settlements in northeastern North America known for their Puritan roots, maritime economy, town-based communities, and influential role in early American history.
  • 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: American colonists
Triple: [British colonial authorities, conflictWith, American colonists]
Generated description
American colonists were the European-descended inhabitants of Britain’s North American colonies who developed a distinct political identity and ultimately led the movement for independence that created the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American colonists
Target entity description: American colonists were the European-descended inhabitants of Britain’s North American colonies who developed a distinct political identity and ultimately led the movement for independence that created the United States.
  • A. Colonial America
    Colonial America refers to the period of European, primarily British, settlement and rule in what is now the United States, characterized by developing colonies, frontier expansion, and evolving political, social, and religious institutions prior to independence.
  • B. British North American colonies (except some territories)
    The British North American colonies (except some territories) were the group of Britain’s mainland and nearby colonial possessions in North America that later formed the core of modern Canada and were subject to major imperial laws and reforms in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • C. Thirteen Colonies chosen
    The Thirteen Colonies were the original British settlements along the Atlantic coast of North America that united to declare independence and form the United States.
  • D. Massachusett people
    The Massachusett people are an Indigenous Algonquian-speaking nation of the Northeastern Woodlands whose traditional homelands encompass what is now eastern Massachusetts, including the area around present-day Boston.
  • E. New England Colonies
    The New England Colonies were a group of British settlements in northeastern North America known for their Puritan roots, maritime economy, town-based communities, and influential role in early American history.
  • 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea62f830819089e94b3aa3e4e187 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3c41a499081909b5aa82432daf96d completed March 1, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3c66fb86c8190bb21f860ecb514d8 completed March 1, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3c6ef06b081909d41c461b8ad3d56 completed March 1, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:07 p.m.