Triple
T3208306
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Western Aden Protectorate sphere |
E67215
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderedBy |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Eastern Aden Protectorate |
E71776
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Eastern Aden Protectorate | Statement: [British Western Aden Protectorate sphere, borderedBy, Eastern Aden Protectorate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Aden Protectorate Context triple: [British Western Aden Protectorate sphere, borderedBy, Eastern Aden Protectorate]
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A.
Aden Protectorate
chosen
The Aden Protectorate was a British-controlled group of tribal states in southern Arabia that surrounded the port of Aden and served as a strategic buffer and hinterland for the Colony of Aden.
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B.
Colony of Aden
The Colony of Aden was a British Crown colony centered on the port city of Aden in present-day Yemen, serving as a key strategic and commercial hub from 1937 until its incorporation into the Federation of South Arabia.
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C.
British Western Aden Protectorate sphere
The British Western Aden Protectorate sphere was a British-controlled region in southwestern Arabia that encompassed various protectorate states surrounding the port of Aden during the colonial period.
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D.
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was a former British-Egyptian condominium in northeastern Africa that existed from 1899 to 1956, encompassing the territory of modern-day Sudan and South Sudan.
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E.
Suez Canal Zone
The Suez Canal Zone was a strategically vital strip of territory in northeastern Egypt surrounding the Suez Canal, historically controlled and administered by Britain due to its importance for global maritime trade.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad858ac36c81909962589cd277d6e2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaa59888481908bdaefa1968d7f04 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b28e864a1c8190b56ab9e80f72e48c |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.