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)]
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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.
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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.
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C.
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.
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D.
Nyasaland
Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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C.
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.
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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.