Triple

T6435716
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject German Kamerun E129888 entity
Predicate borderedBy P224 FINISHED
Object British Nigeria
British Nigeria was a British colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Nigeria.
E91497 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 Nigeria | Statement: [German Kamerun, borderedBy, British Nigeria]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Nigeria
Context triple: [German Kamerun, borderedBy, British Nigeria]
  • A. Nigerian
    Nigerian refers to a person from Nigeria, a West African country known for its large population, diverse ethnic groups, and significant cultural and economic influence on the continent.
  • B. South-South Nigeria
    South-South Nigeria is a coastal geopolitical zone of Nigeria rich in oil and gas resources and home to the Niger Delta region.
  • C. National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
    The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons was a prominent nationalist political party in colonial West Africa that played a key role in the struggle for Nigerian independence under leaders such as Nnamdi Azikiwe.
  • D. British West Africa
    British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
  • E. Middle Belt peoples of Nigeria
    The Middle Belt peoples of Nigeria are a diverse collection of ethnic and linguistic groups located in central Nigeria, known for their cultural plurality and position between the predominantly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south.
  • 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 Nigeria
Triple: [German Kamerun, borderedBy, British Nigeria]
Generated description
British Nigeria was a British colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Nigeria.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Nigeria
Target entity description: British Nigeria was a British colonial territory in West Africa that later became the independent nation of Nigeria.
  • A. Nigerian
    Nigerian refers to a person from Nigeria, a West African country known for its large population, diverse ethnic groups, and significant cultural and economic influence on the continent.
  • B. South-South Nigeria
    South-South Nigeria is a coastal geopolitical zone of Nigeria rich in oil and gas resources and home to the Niger Delta region.
  • C. National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
    The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons was a prominent nationalist political party in colonial West Africa that played a key role in the struggle for Nigerian independence under leaders such as Nnamdi Azikiwe.
  • D. British West Africa chosen
    British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
  • E. Middle Belt peoples of Nigeria
    The Middle Belt peoples of Nigeria are a diverse collection of ethnic and linguistic groups located in central Nigeria, known for their cultural plurality and position between the predominantly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south.
  • 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_69c0084caac48190a7bc2ad8ba44536f completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c069415c3c8190b91bd12ae79edd26 completed March 22, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c640f2915c8190aea3578dcd77dd5f completed March 27, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c64237ae8881908bbaa2760113da7c completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c64658463c8190a1d68beec15cab3d completed March 27, 2026, 8:56 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:45 p.m.