Triple
T4849756
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | West African Frontier Force |
E108383
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Frederick Lugard |
E473559
|
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: Frederick Lugard | Statement: [West African Frontier Force, commander, Frederick Lugard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Lugard Context triple: [West African Frontier Force, commander, Frederick Lugard]
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A.
Frederick Lugard
chosen
Frederick Lugard was a British colonial administrator and soldier best known for his role in establishing British rule in Nigeria and formulating the doctrine of indirect rule in Africa.
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B.
Sir Theophilus Shepstone
Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a 19th-century British colonial administrator in South Africa, influential in native affairs and territorial annexations under the British Empire.
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C.
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist, businessman, and politician in southern Africa whose wealth and will established the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.
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D.
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, was a British colonial administrator who effectively ruled Egypt as its de facto governor during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Henry Bartle Frere
Henry Bartle Frere was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and diplomat best known for his controversial role as High Commissioner for Southern Africa, including actions that helped precipitate the Anglo-Zulu War.
- 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_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_69be67da14d48190a994a11eb7a674b5 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.