Triple

T4849761
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject West African Frontier Force E108383 entity
Predicate componentUnit P11709 FINISHED
Object Northern Nigeria Regiment
The Northern Nigeria Regiment was a British colonial military unit raised in the early 20th century to garrison and police the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria as part of Britain’s wider imperial forces in West Africa.
E473560 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: Northern Nigeria Regiment | Statement: [West African Frontier Force, componentUnit, Northern Nigeria Regiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Nigeria Regiment
Context triple: [West African Frontier Force, componentUnit, Northern Nigeria Regiment]
  • A. Niger Delta Volunteer Force
    The Niger Delta Volunteer Force is an armed militant group in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region known for its insurgent activities over resource control and political grievances.
  • B. Nigerian Army
    The Nigerian Army is the land warfare branch of Nigeria’s armed forces and one of the largest and most influential military institutions in West Africa.
  • C. Nigerian Air Force
    The Nigerian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Nigeria’s armed forces, responsible for defending the nation’s airspace and providing air support for military operations.
  • D. Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
    The Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the combined military organization of Nigeria, comprising its army, navy, and air force responsible for national defense and security.
  • E. Niger Armed Forces
    The Niger Armed Forces are the national military of Niger, responsible for defending the country’s sovereignty, maintaining internal security, and conducting operations against insurgent and rebel groups.
  • 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: Northern Nigeria Regiment
Triple: [West African Frontier Force, componentUnit, Northern Nigeria Regiment]
Generated description
The Northern Nigeria Regiment was a British colonial military unit raised in the early 20th century to garrison and police the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria as part of Britain’s wider imperial forces in West Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Nigeria Regiment
Target entity description: The Northern Nigeria Regiment was a British colonial military unit raised in the early 20th century to garrison and police the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria as part of Britain’s wider imperial forces in West Africa.
  • A. Niger Delta Volunteer Force
    The Niger Delta Volunteer Force is an armed militant group in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region known for its insurgent activities over resource control and political grievances.
  • B. Nigerian Army
    The Nigerian Army is the land warfare branch of Nigeria’s armed forces and one of the largest and most influential military institutions in West Africa.
  • C. Nigerian Air Force
    The Nigerian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Nigeria’s armed forces, responsible for defending the nation’s airspace and providing air support for military operations.
  • D. Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
    The Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the combined military organization of Nigeria, comprising its army, navy, and air force responsible for national defense and security.
  • E. Niger Armed Forces
    The Niger Armed Forces are the national military of Niger, responsible for defending the country’s sovereignty, maintaining internal security, and conducting operations against insurgent and rebel groups.
  • 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.