Triple

T3406187
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aden Protectorate E71776 entity
Predicate administeredBy P86 FINISHED
Object British Resident in Aden
The British Resident in Aden was the chief colonial official representing and exercising British political authority over Aden and its surrounding protectorate during the period of British rule.
E340137 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: British Resident in Aden | Statement: [Aden Protectorate, administeredBy, British Resident in Aden]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Resident in Aden
Context triple: [Aden Protectorate, administeredBy, British Resident in Aden]
  • A. British colonial administration in Aden
    The British colonial administration in Aden was the governing authority established by the United Kingdom to administer the port city and surrounding territory of Aden as a strategic outpost and protectorate in the Arabian Peninsula.
  • B. 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.
  • 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. British Commissioner
    The British Commissioner was the chief colonial official responsible for administering the leased territory of Weihaiwei on behalf of the United Kingdom.
  • E. Aden Protectorate Levies
    The Aden Protectorate Levies were a British-raised local military force in the Aden Protectorate, composed mainly of indigenous troops used for internal security and regional defense during the colonial period.
  • 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: British Resident in Aden
Triple: [Aden Protectorate, administeredBy, British Resident in Aden]
Generated description
The British Resident in Aden was the chief colonial official representing and exercising British political authority over Aden and its surrounding protectorate during the period of British rule.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Resident in Aden
Target entity description: The British Resident in Aden was the chief colonial official representing and exercising British political authority over Aden and its surrounding protectorate during the period of British rule.
  • A. British colonial administration in Aden chosen
    The British colonial administration in Aden was the governing authority established by the United Kingdom to administer the port city and surrounding territory of Aden as a strategic outpost and protectorate in the Arabian Peninsula.
  • B. 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.
  • 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. British Commissioner
    The British Commissioner was the chief colonial official responsible for administering the leased territory of Weihaiwei on behalf of the United Kingdom.
  • E. Aden Protectorate Levies
    The Aden Protectorate Levies were a British-raised local military force in the Aden Protectorate, composed mainly of indigenous troops used for internal security and regional defense during the colonial period.
  • 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_69ad85aac4808190a092c9cc8911f584 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb8ec68c88190913df5f6cafad9e9 completed March 8, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b34bd8c0ec8190bd44d33fc031c845 completed March 12, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b34fbd85f081908dc7121e7f68a838 completed March 12, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b350f1d2988190990417816bf5f028 completed March 12, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.