Triple

T4159535

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Governor-General of French West Africa	`E91496`	entity
Predicate	subordinateTo	`P258`	FINISHED
Object	French Minister of Colonies The French Minister of Colonies was the cabinet-level official in the French government responsible for overseeing and administering France’s overseas colonial empire.	`E417303`	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 Minister of Colonies | Statement: [Governor-General of French West Africa, subordinateTo, French Minister of Colonies]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: French Minister of Colonies
Context triple: [Governor-General of French West Africa, subordinateTo, French Minister of Colonies]

A. Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior British government ministerial post responsible for assisting in the administration and oversight of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
B. Minister of State for Colonial Affairs
The Minister of State for Colonial Affairs was a mid-20th-century British government post responsible for overseeing and administering the United Kingdom’s colonial territories during the late stages of the British Empire.
C. Minister of Colonies of the Netherlands
The Minister of Colonies of the Netherlands was the government official responsible for overseeing and administering the Dutch colonial empire and its policies.
D. Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
E. Governor-General of French West Africa
The Governor-General of French West Africa was the highest colonial official overseeing administration and policy across the federation of French territories in West Africa.
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 Minister of Colonies
Triple: [Governor-General of French West Africa, subordinateTo, French Minister of Colonies]

Generated description

The French Minister of Colonies was the cabinet-level official in the French government responsible for overseeing and administering France’s overseas colonial empire.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: French Minister of Colonies
Target entity description: The French Minister of Colonies was the cabinet-level official in the French government responsible for overseeing and administering France’s overseas colonial empire.

A. Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior British government ministerial post responsible for assisting in the administration and oversight of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
B. Minister of State for Colonial Affairs
The Minister of State for Colonial Affairs was a mid-20th-century British government post responsible for overseeing and administering the United Kingdom’s colonial territories during the late stages of the British Empire.
C. Minister of Colonies of the Netherlands
The Minister of Colonies of the Netherlands was the government official responsible for overseeing and administering the Dutch colonial empire and its policies.
D. Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
E. Governor-General of French West Africa
The Governor-General of French West Africa was the highest colonial official overseeing administration and policy across the federation of French territories in West Africa.
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_69aed9626ebc8190a39de631788bea3e`	completed	March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69af0292baf88190a51156b63672ae38`	completed	March 9, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b57f40678481908894ff315932a610`	completed	March 14, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b57ff73cf88190b103db0694c1a923`	completed	March 14, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b58094c690819080dbde068ff1b119`	completed	March 14, 2026, 3:36 p.m.

Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.