Triple

T4849740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject West African Frontier Force E108383 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object British Empire armed forces
The British Empire armed forces were the combined military organizations of the United Kingdom and its colonies, dominions, and protectorates, used to project and maintain imperial power across the globe.
E473556 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: British Empire armed forces | Statement: [West African Frontier Force, partOf, British Empire armed forces]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Empire armed forces
Context triple: [West African Frontier Force, partOf, British Empire armed forces]
  • A. British Armed Forces
    The British Armed Forces are the combined military forces of the United Kingdom, encompassing its army, navy, and air force responsible for national defense and overseas operations.
  • B. British Commonwealth navies
    The British Commonwealth navies were the collective maritime forces of the United Kingdom and its dominions and colonies, which operated together under shared command structures and traditions, especially during the World Wars.
  • C. English navy
    The English navy was the maritime military force of the Kingdom of England, playing a central role in its defense, exploration, and expansion as a major seafaring power.
  • D. Royal Navy
    The Royal Navy is the United Kingdom’s naval warfare force and one of the world’s oldest and historically most influential navies.
  • E. British Army
    The British Army is the United Kingdom’s principal land warfare force, historically central to its military campaigns and global influence.
  • 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 armed forces
Triple: [West African Frontier Force, partOf, British Empire armed forces]
Generated description
The British Empire armed forces were the combined military organizations of the United Kingdom and its colonies, dominions, and protectorates, used to project and maintain imperial power across the globe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Empire armed forces
Target entity description: The British Empire armed forces were the combined military organizations of the United Kingdom and its colonies, dominions, and protectorates, used to project and maintain imperial power across the globe.
  • A. British Armed Forces
    The British Armed Forces are the combined military forces of the United Kingdom, encompassing its army, navy, and air force responsible for national defense and overseas operations.
  • B. British Commonwealth navies
    The British Commonwealth navies were the collective maritime forces of the United Kingdom and its dominions and colonies, which operated together under shared command structures and traditions, especially during the World Wars.
  • C. English navy
    The English navy was the maritime military force of the Kingdom of England, playing a central role in its defense, exploration, and expansion as a major seafaring power.
  • D. Royal Navy
    The Royal Navy is the United Kingdom’s naval warfare force and one of the world’s oldest and historically most influential navies.
  • E. British Army
    The British Army is the United Kingdom’s principal land warfare force, historically central to its military campaigns and global influence.
  • 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_69bd440a89548190a5f14ba6da6b97dc completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d1e5cf08190bd6b6a524748f170 completed March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cdafb3481908594ae883c6e9872 completed March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5d4f2f908190b305996875f1f956 completed March 21, 2026, 8:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5dcbb58c8190bbcf75c570720ad6 completed March 21, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.