Triple
T4159579
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British West Africa |
E91497
|
entity |
| Predicate | includes |
P1393
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Nigeria Protectorate |
E9154
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Northern Nigeria Protectorate | Statement: [British West Africa, includes, Northern Nigeria Protectorate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Nigeria Protectorate Context triple: [British West Africa, includes, Northern Nigeria Protectorate]
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A.
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was a British colonial entity in West Africa that unified several previously separate territories into what later became the modern nation-state of Nigeria.
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B.
Northern Nigeria
chosen
Northern Nigeria is the predominantly Muslim, Hausa-Fulani–dominated northern part of Nigeria, known for its distinct cultural, religious, and historical identity within the country.
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C.
Southern Nigeria
Southern Nigeria is the southern geopolitical and cultural region of Nigeria, encompassing diverse ethnic groups, major coastal cities, and significant economic hubs including much of the country’s oil-producing areas.
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D.
Borno Emirate
Borno Emirate is a traditional Islamic state and historic polity in northeastern Nigeria, rooted in the legacy of the Kanem-Borno Empire and centered in the modern-day state of Borno.
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E.
Lagos Colony
Lagos Colony was a British colonial territory centered on the port city of Lagos, which later became a key component of modern Nigeria.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69b589e9ff288190a8dfb62d32a330b5 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.