Triple

T4849775
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject West African Frontier Force E108383 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Royal West African Frontier Force
The Royal West African Frontier Force was a British colonial regiment composed of troops from several West African territories that served in various campaigns, notably during both World Wars.
E108383 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: Royal West African Frontier Force | Statement: [West African Frontier Force, successor, Royal West African Frontier Force]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal West African Frontier Force
Context triple: [West African Frontier Force, successor, Royal West African Frontier Force]
  • A. West African Frontier Force
    The West African Frontier Force was a British colonial military force composed largely of African soldiers from West Africa, used for imperial defense and campaigns in Africa and beyond during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. King's African Rifles
    The King's African Rifles was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment recruited from East and Central Africa that served prominently in both World Wars and various regional campaigns.
  • C. South African Infantry Corps
    The South African Infantry Corps is the primary ground combat arm of the South African Army, responsible for providing trained infantry forces for national defense and peacekeeping operations.
  • D. Royal Pioneer Corps
    The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army unit responsible primarily for light engineering, labor, and logistical support tasks, especially during World War II.
  • E. Imperial Service Troops
    Imperial Service Troops were elite, semi-autonomous military units raised by the princely states of British India to serve alongside the British Indian Army, particularly in overseas and frontier campaigns.
  • 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: Royal West African Frontier Force
Triple: [West African Frontier Force, successor, Royal West African Frontier Force]
Generated description
The Royal West African Frontier Force was a British colonial regiment composed of troops from several West African territories that served in various campaigns, notably during both World Wars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal West African Frontier Force
Target entity description: The Royal West African Frontier Force was a British colonial regiment composed of troops from several West African territories that served in various campaigns, notably during both World Wars.
  • A. West African Frontier Force chosen
    The West African Frontier Force was a British colonial military force composed largely of African soldiers from West Africa, used for imperial defense and campaigns in Africa and beyond during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. King's African Rifles
    The King's African Rifles was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment recruited from East and Central Africa that served prominently in both World Wars and various regional campaigns.
  • C. South African Infantry Corps
    The South African Infantry Corps is the primary ground combat arm of the South African Army, responsible for providing trained infantry forces for national defense and peacekeeping operations.
  • D. Royal Pioneer Corps
    The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army unit responsible primarily for light engineering, labor, and logistical support tasks, especially during World War II.
  • E. Imperial Service Troops
    Imperial Service Troops were elite, semi-autonomous military units raised by the princely states of British India to serve alongside the British Indian Army, particularly in overseas and frontier campaigns.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be6864608c8190af22cc3ed949e1b9 completed March 21, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be68e5b4e88190b7cd53d495f18a0f completed March 21, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.