Triple
T50694
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dutch East Indies |
E993
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderedBy |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Borneo territories of the British Empire
The Borneo territories of the British Empire were colonial possessions on the island of Borneo, including areas such as British North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak, and the protectorate of Brunei, administered under British control in Southeast Asia.
|
E3961
|
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: Borneo territories of the British Empire | Statement: [Dutch East Indies, borderedBy, Borneo territories of the British Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Borneo territories of the British Empire Context triple: [Dutch East Indies, borderedBy, Borneo territories of the British Empire]
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A.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
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B.
British India
British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
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C.
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
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D.
Cape Colony
Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
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E.
The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Massachusetts, reflecting its historical self-identification as a government founded on the common consent and welfare of its people.
- 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: Borneo territories of the British Empire Triple: [Dutch East Indies, borderedBy, Borneo territories of the British Empire]
Generated description
The Borneo territories of the British Empire were colonial possessions on the island of Borneo, including areas such as British North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak, and the protectorate of Brunei, administered under British control in Southeast Asia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Borneo territories of the British Empire Target entity description: The Borneo territories of the British Empire were colonial possessions on the island of Borneo, including areas such as British North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak, and the protectorate of Brunei, administered under British control in Southeast Asia.
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A.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
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B.
British India
British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
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C.
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
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D.
Cape Colony
Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
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E.
Colonial Office
The Colonial Office was the British government department responsible for administering and overseeing the governance of the British Empire’s colonies and territories.
- 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24af56cc88190a898f8bf2a283820 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a24e659ac48190a11b70a85867d784 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a24eff3f0881909b46502175682d99 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2542d9b388190bcc4581c3b79aa51 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.