Triple

T7071833
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland E164716 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony)
Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony) was a British-controlled territory in south-central Africa that enjoyed internal self-government and later formed the core of what became modern-day Zimbabwe.
E152880 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: Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony) | Statement: [Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, predecessor, Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony)
Context triple: [Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, predecessor, Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony)]
  • A. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
  • B. Rhodesia
    Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
  • C. Northern Rhodesia
    Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.
  • D. Nyasaland
    Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
  • E. Colony of Natal
    The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
  • 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: Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony)
Triple: [Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, predecessor, Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony)]
Generated description
Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony) was a British-controlled territory in south-central Africa that enjoyed internal self-government and later formed the core of what became modern-day Zimbabwe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony)
Target entity description: Southern Rhodesia (self-governing colony) was a British-controlled territory in south-central Africa that enjoyed internal self-government and later formed the core of what became modern-day Zimbabwe.
  • A. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
  • B. Rhodesia chosen
    Rhodesia was an unrecognized, white-minority-ruled state in southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe.
  • C. Northern Rhodesia
    Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.
  • D. Nyasaland
    Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
  • E. Colony of Natal
    The Colony of Natal was a British colonial territory in southeastern Africa, centered on the port of Durban, that existed from the mid-19th century until it became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
  • 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_69c6887b96548190a8a9b3ac8adf4119 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e4c9cdbc8190b91cd3b4eef58eb6 completed March 27, 2026, 8:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7b8c5a9fc81909a94e8e6c287b591 completed March 28, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7b97893308190b349afb452d4e154 completed March 28, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7b9f805b88190866170fdd8ce07ff completed March 28, 2026, 11:22 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:39 p.m.