Triple
T599756
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Portuguese Empire |
E11466
|
entity |
| Predicate | territory |
P2160
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ceylon |
E23066
|
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: Ceylon | Statement: [Portuguese Empire, territory, Ceylon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Context triple: [Portuguese Empire, territory, Ceylon]
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A.
Sri Lanka
chosen
Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean known for its rich cultural heritage, diverse landscapes, and strategic location off the southern coast of India.
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B.
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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C.
Dominion of Ceylon
The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
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D.
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
The Kingdom of Kandy was an independent Sinhalese monarchy in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that long resisted European colonial control before finally falling to the British in 1815.
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E.
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka is a coastal administrative region on the island’s eastern seaboard known for its ethnically diverse population, natural harbors, and key cities such as Trincomalee and Batticaloa.
- 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_69a4932779b881908688590d59c71900 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49d78c0f08190b83ad89062ccb0b9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a51f37f8748190bff705fd2bbc489c |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.