Triple

T5023637
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Federated Malay States E112917 entity
Predicate colonialAdministration P1829 FINISHED
Object British Resident system
The British Resident system was a colonial governance arrangement in the Federated Malay States whereby British officials, styled Residents, exercised decisive administrative authority while local rulers retained nominal sovereignty.
E486133 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 Resident system | Statement: [Federated Malay States, colonialAdministration, British Resident system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Resident system
Context triple: [Federated Malay States, colonialAdministration, British Resident system]
  • A. Hong Kong under British rule
    Hong Kong under British rule was a British Crown colony and major Asian trading and financial hub governed by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century until its 1997 handover to China.
  • B. British protectorate
    A British protectorate was a type of colonial relationship in which a territory retained its local rulers and internal administration but was under the control and protection of the British Empire in matters such as foreign policy and defense.
  • C. Crown Colony of Singapore
    The Crown Colony of Singapore was a British colonial territory established after World War II, marking Singapore’s separation from the Straits Settlements and its direct administration as a distinct crown colony until it gained self-governance and later independence.
  • D. Crown colony
    A Crown colony was a type of British colonial administration directly governed by the Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no local self-government.
  • E. Straits Settlements
    The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • 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 Resident system
Triple: [Federated Malay States, colonialAdministration, British Resident system]
Generated description
The British Resident system was a colonial governance arrangement in the Federated Malay States whereby British officials, styled Residents, exercised decisive administrative authority while local rulers retained nominal sovereignty.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Resident system
Target entity description: The British Resident system was a colonial governance arrangement in the Federated Malay States whereby British officials, styled Residents, exercised decisive administrative authority while local rulers retained nominal sovereignty.
  • A. Hong Kong under British rule
    Hong Kong under British rule was a British Crown colony and major Asian trading and financial hub governed by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century until its 1997 handover to China.
  • B. British protectorate
    A British protectorate was a type of colonial relationship in which a territory retained its local rulers and internal administration but was under the control and protection of the British Empire in matters such as foreign policy and defense.
  • C. Crown Colony of Singapore
    The Crown Colony of Singapore was a British colonial territory established after World War II, marking Singapore’s separation from the Straits Settlements and its direct administration as a distinct crown colony until it gained self-governance and later independence.
  • D. Crown colony
    A Crown colony was a type of British colonial administration directly governed by the Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no local self-government.
  • E. Straits Settlements
    The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • 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_69bd4435c2f48190be593158cbfcf8a3 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd73670578819099a56112950708a8 completed March 20, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9286bb28819095ca0ec858061419 completed March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be933f3ed08190a128c1b3c9b3b1c3 completed March 21, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be940b2eac819099001d403501afac completed March 21, 2026, 12:50 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:36 p.m.