Triple
T350600
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Crown |
E7432
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedConcept |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Crown colony
A Crown colony was a type of British colonial administration directly governed by the Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no local self-government.
|
E44903
|
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: Crown colony | Statement: [British Crown, relatedConcept, Crown colony]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown colony Context triple: [British Crown, relatedConcept, Crown colony]
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A.
British Dominions
The British Dominions were semi-autonomous territories within the British Empire, such as Canada and Australia, that recognized the British monarch as their head of state while gradually developing self-governing institutions.
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B.
Dominion of Canada
The Dominion of Canada was the semi-autonomous federal state established in 1867 that formed the foundation of modern Canada within the British Empire.
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C.
Dominion of India
The Dominion of India was the semi-independent constitutional monarchy that succeeded British colonial rule in 1947 and existed until India became a republic in 1950.
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D.
Dominion of New England
The Dominion of New England was a short-lived late-17th-century administrative union imposed by the English Crown to centralize control over several New England colonies, curtailing their traditional self-governance.
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E.
Dominions of the British Empire
The Dominions of the British Empire were semi-autonomous, self-governing polities within the British Empire—such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—that recognized the British monarch as head of state while managing their own internal affairs.
- 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: Crown colony Triple: [British Crown, relatedConcept, Crown colony]
Generated description
A Crown colony was a type of British colonial administration directly governed by the Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no local self-government.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown colony Target entity description: A Crown colony was a type of British colonial administration directly governed by the Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no local self-government.
-
A.
British Dominions
The British Dominions were semi-autonomous territories within the British Empire, such as Canada and Australia, that recognized the British monarch as their head of state while gradually developing self-governing institutions.
-
B.
Dominion of Canada
The Dominion of Canada was the semi-autonomous federal state established in 1867 that formed the foundation of modern Canada within the British Empire.
-
C.
Dominion of India
The Dominion of India was the semi-independent constitutional monarchy that succeeded British colonial rule in 1947 and existed until India became a republic in 1950.
-
D.
Dominion of New England
The Dominion of New England was a short-lived late-17th-century administrative union imposed by the English Crown to centralize control over several New England colonies, curtailing their traditional self-governance.
-
E.
Dominions of the British Empire
The Dominions of the British Empire were semi-autonomous, self-governing polities within the British Empire—such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—that recognized the British monarch as head of state while managing their own internal affairs.
- 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eb1f028c819098fa6480b4ca5cf0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3dd33a50c8190846d19c24eb74039 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3ddca8d3c8190b5baafe999a26b58 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3de7f9b28819099cfe7c55a8168f0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:36 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.