Triple
T4508971
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Congo Free State |
E102002
|
entity |
| Predicate | followedBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Belgian Congo
Belgian Congo was a vast Central African colony under Belgian rule from 1908 to 1960, known for its rich mineral resources and harsh colonial exploitation.
|
E102002
|
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: Belgian Congo | Statement: [Congo Free State, followedBy, Belgian Congo]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belgian Congo Context triple: [Congo Free State, followedBy, Belgian Congo]
-
A.
Congo Free State
The Congo Free State was a vast Central African territory privately controlled by Belgium’s King Leopold II in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, notorious for extreme exploitation and atrocities during European colonial expansion.
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B.
French Equatorial Africa
French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
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C.
Dutch Angola
Dutch Angola was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colonial foothold on the west coast of Central Africa, centered on Luanda and primarily focused on the Atlantic slave trade.
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D.
Rhodesia
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
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E.
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo is a Central African nation along the Atlantic coast, known for its vast tropical rainforests, rich biodiversity, and significant oil and mineral resources.
- 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: Belgian Congo Triple: [Congo Free State, followedBy, Belgian Congo]
Generated description
Belgian Congo was a vast Central African colony under Belgian rule from 1908 to 1960, known for its rich mineral resources and harsh colonial exploitation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belgian Congo Target entity description: Belgian Congo was a vast Central African colony under Belgian rule from 1908 to 1960, known for its rich mineral resources and harsh colonial exploitation.
-
A.
Congo Free State
chosen
The Congo Free State was a vast Central African territory privately controlled by Belgium’s King Leopold II in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, notorious for extreme exploitation and atrocities during European colonial expansion.
-
B.
French Equatorial Africa
French Equatorial Africa was a federation of French colonial territories in central Africa that served as an important political and military base for Free French forces during World War II.
-
C.
Dutch Angola
Dutch Angola was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colonial foothold on the west coast of Central Africa, centered on Luanda and primarily focused on the Atlantic slave trade.
-
D.
Rhodesia
Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
-
E.
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo is a Central African nation along the Atlantic coast, known for its vast tropical rainforests, rich biodiversity, and significant oil and mineral resources.
- 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_69bd43d6251c81909deecce3e6e9d69c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd571138b88190b68bbfc4300aaf9d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bd7f7c1bd08190bc7b7028a512a466 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bd84bae7148190ae201ea5257dd43e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bd857181e4819086b7d0b493fbb9a3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:01 p.m.