Triple

T3740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kingdom of Great Britain E70 entity
Predicate wasPartOf P35 FINISHED
Object British Empire
The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.
E2886 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 Empire | Statement: [Kingdom of Great Britain, wasPartOf, British Empire]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Empire
Context triple: [Kingdom of Great Britain, wasPartOf, British Empire]
  • A. Kingdom of Great Britain
    The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state that existed from 1707 to 1801, formed by the political union of England (and Wales) and Scotland, and became a major global colonial and maritime power.
  • B. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state that existed from 1801 to 1922, uniting Great Britain and all of Ireland under a single constitutional monarchy and global imperial power.
  • C. The Commonwealth
    The Commonwealth is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Massachusetts, reflecting its historical self-identification as a government founded on the common consent and welfare of its people.
  • D. United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom is a sovereign country in northwestern Europe comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, known for its parliamentary democracy, global cultural influence, and historic role in world affairs.
  • E. British India
    British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
  • 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 Empire
Triple: [Kingdom of Great Britain, wasPartOf, British Empire]
Generated description
The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Empire
Target entity description: The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.
  • A. Kingdom of Great Britain
    The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state that existed from 1707 to 1801, formed by the political union of England (and Wales) and Scotland, and became a major global colonial and maritime power.
  • B. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state that existed from 1801 to 1922, uniting Great Britain and all of Ireland under a single constitutional monarchy and global imperial power.
  • C. The Commonwealth
    The Commonwealth is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Massachusetts, reflecting its historical self-identification as a government founded on the common consent and welfare of its people.
  • D. United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom is a sovereign country in northwestern Europe comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, known for its parliamentary democracy, global cultural influence, and historic role in world affairs.
  • E. British India
    British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: wasPartOf
Context triple: [Kingdom of Great Britain, wasPartOf, British Empire]
  • A. wasDevelopedInPeriod
    Indicates that something was created, produced, or brought into existence during a specified time period.
  • B. wasColonyOf
    Indicates that one entity functioned as a colony under the political control or administration of another entity.
  • C. foundedOn
    Indicates that an entity was established, created, or brought into existence on a specific date or point in time.
  • D. hasPart chosen
    Indicates that one entity is a component, segment, or constituent part of another entity.
  • E. wasSupersededBy
    Indicates that one entity has been replaced or made obsolete by another entity that takes over its role or function.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a238d6b47881909e68288aed2fd858 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a23bcc8eb48190b897cc331563980a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a24e51246c819098f53258d869ecde completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a250b213c881909381abc66f5ebe68 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2515b915c8190b122de0025bd954f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a23994309081909ff3e869deef2156 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:40 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:40 a.m.