Triple
T3699387
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Maseru |
E78539
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British colonial authorities
British colonial authorities were the representatives and administrative bodies of the British Empire responsible for governing and managing its overseas colonies.
|
E7678
|
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 colonial authorities | Statement: [Maseru, foundedBy, British colonial authorities]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial authorities Context triple: [Maseru, foundedBy, British colonial authorities]
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A.
British colonial authorities
British colonial authorities were the representatives and governing institutions of the British Crown that administered and controlled its American colonies prior to and during the American Revolution.
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B.
British colonial forces
British colonial forces were the military units and troops deployed by the British Empire to conquer, control, and administer its overseas colonies across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific.
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C.
British authorities
British authorities were the colonial government and law enforcement bodies of the United Kingdom that exercised political and administrative control over territories such as India during the British Empire.
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D.
British colonial period
The British colonial period was the era when the British Empire exercised political, economic, and administrative control over large parts of the world, including the Indian subcontinent, profoundly shaping their societies and institutions.
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E.
British colonial intelligence
British colonial intelligence was the network of intelligence and security services operated by the British Empire to monitor, control, and suppress political dissent and anti-colonial movements in its overseas territories.
- 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 colonial authorities Triple: [Maseru, foundedBy, British colonial authorities]
Generated description
British colonial authorities were the representatives and administrative bodies of the British Empire responsible for governing and managing its overseas colonies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial authorities Target entity description: British colonial authorities were the representatives and administrative bodies of the British Empire responsible for governing and managing its overseas colonies.
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A.
British colonial authorities
chosen
British colonial authorities were the representatives and governing institutions of the British Crown that administered and controlled its American colonies prior to and during the American Revolution.
-
B.
British colonial forces
British colonial forces were the military units and troops deployed by the British Empire to conquer, control, and administer its overseas colonies across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific.
-
C.
British authorities
British authorities were the colonial government and law enforcement bodies of the United Kingdom that exercised political and administrative control over territories such as India during the British Empire.
-
D.
British colonial period
The British colonial period was the era when the British Empire exercised political, economic, and administrative control over large parts of the world, including the Indian subcontinent, profoundly shaping their societies and institutions.
-
E.
British colonial intelligence
British colonial intelligence was the network of intelligence and security services operated by the British Empire to monitor, control, and suppress political dissent and anti-colonial movements in its overseas territories.
- 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_69ad85e3b1888190abc983e06968696d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc513d26c8190bfdf25f62af8c6ca |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4c3df86bc819088db92eecee69fd3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4c7e579d4819090edfa8a858c40c4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4c86511e48190872b3d85019bc013 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.