Triple

T3296121
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sheikh Othman E69218 entity
Predicate formerColonialEntity P47818 FINISHED
Object British Aden Protectorate E71776 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: British Aden Protectorate | Statement: [Sheikh Othman, formerColonialEntity, British Aden Protectorate]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Aden Protectorate
Context triple: [Sheikh Othman, formerColonialEntity, British Aden Protectorate]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • 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.
  • E. Bechuanaland Protectorate
    The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: formerColonialEntity
Context triple: [Sheikh Othman, formerColonialEntity, British Aden Protectorate]
  • A. formerColonialClaimant
    Indicates that one entity previously held, but no longer maintains, a colonial claim over another entity.
  • B. isColonialFoundationOf
    Indicates that one entity was established as a colony that later developed into or served as the origin of the other entity.
  • C. formerColonyName
    Indicates that one entity is the historical or previous name used for a colony that later changed its political status or designation.
  • D. colonialDesignation
    Indicates that one entity assigns or holds a status, name, or classification for another entity within a colonial or colonially imposed framework.
  • E. colonialOffshoot
    Indicates that one entity originated as a colony or derivative settlement established by another entity.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69ad859e529c8190a404273f53cb487d completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb077c60c81909782be5202ce5a43 completed March 8, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b31a6e0b008190921835b6790e9980 completed March 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69ada42407dc81909f60d7a14e1b7934 completed March 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69ada526764881908e4bd52938d5374d completed March 8, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.