Triple

T3872550
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nguyễn dynasty E92419 entity
Predicate majorEvent P259 FINISHED
Object French colonization of Vietnam
French colonization of Vietnam was the 19th–20th century period during which France conquered, administered, and economically exploited Vietnamese territories as part of French Indochina, profoundly reshaping the country’s political and social structures.
E1494 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: French colonization of Vietnam | Statement: [Nguyễn dynasty, majorEvent, French colonization of Vietnam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonization of Vietnam
Context triple: [Nguyễn dynasty, majorEvent, French colonization of Vietnam]
  • A. French Indochina
    French Indochina was a French colonial federation in Southeast Asia, comprising territories such as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, that existed from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
  • B. Japanese occupation of French Indochina
    The Japanese occupation of French Indochina was the World War II-era military control and administration imposed by Imperial Japan over Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, which undermined French colonial rule and helped set the stage for postwar independence movements.
  • C. Indochina conflicts
    The Indochina conflicts were a series of mid-20th-century wars in Southeast Asia involving decolonization struggles, Cold War rivalries, and regional power contests centered on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
  • D. Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia
    The Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia was a rapid World War II campaign in which Imperial Japan seized key European colonial territories across the region to secure resources and strategic dominance.
  • E. First Indochina War
    The First Indochina War was a conflict from 1946 to 1954 between French colonial forces and the Viet Minh that led to the end of French rule in Indochina and set the stage for the Vietnam War.
  • 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: French colonization of Vietnam
Triple: [Nguyễn dynasty, majorEvent, French colonization of Vietnam]
Generated description
French colonization of Vietnam was the 19th–20th century period during which France conquered, administered, and economically exploited Vietnamese territories as part of French Indochina, profoundly reshaping the country’s political and social structures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonization of Vietnam
Target entity description: French colonization of Vietnam was the 19th–20th century period during which France conquered, administered, and economically exploited Vietnamese territories as part of French Indochina, profoundly reshaping the country’s political and social structures.
  • A. French Indochina chosen
    French Indochina was a French colonial federation in Southeast Asia, comprising territories such as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, that existed from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
  • B. Japanese occupation of French Indochina
    The Japanese occupation of French Indochina was the World War II-era military control and administration imposed by Imperial Japan over Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, which undermined French colonial rule and helped set the stage for postwar independence movements.
  • C. Indochina conflicts
    The Indochina conflicts were a series of mid-20th-century wars in Southeast Asia involving decolonization struggles, Cold War rivalries, and regional power contests centered on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
  • D. Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia
    The Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia was a rapid World War II campaign in which Imperial Japan seized key European colonial territories across the region to secure resources and strategic dominance.
  • E. First Indochina War
    The First Indochina War was a conflict from 1946 to 1954 between French colonial forces and the Viet Minh that led to the end of French rule in Indochina and set the stage for the Vietnam War.
  • 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_69aed967448c819086c4b358d37b25aa completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec5691148190b469af0bee9154db completed March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51249f1ec8190a1f6cc191bc94421 completed March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51352e2ec8190a207a6af96baaa33 completed March 14, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b513e888008190892627805d2abd50 completed March 14, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.