Triple
T708571
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Transvaal |
E14155
|
entity |
| Predicate | governmentType |
P220
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British crown colony |
E44903
|
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: British crown colony | Statement: [Transvaal, governmentType, British crown colony]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British crown colony Context triple: [Transvaal, governmentType, British crown colony]
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A.
Crown colony
chosen
A Crown colony was a type of British colonial administration directly governed by the Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no local self-government.
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B.
British Dominions
The British Dominions were semi-autonomous territories within the British Empire, such as Canada and Australia, that recognized the British monarch as their head of state while gradually developing self-governing institutions.
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C.
British Crown
The British Crown was the supreme monarchical authority of Great Britain that exercised ultimate political and legal power over its colonies and territories.
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D.
British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories are fourteen remnants of the British Empire that remain under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom while enjoying varying degrees of self-government.
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E.
Dominions of the British Empire
The Dominions of the British Empire were semi-autonomous, self-governing polities within the British Empire—such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—that recognized the British monarch as head of state while managing their own internal affairs.
- 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a548e6dc819090d31ce33493a396 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dcb1795c8190a178e14509b8b271 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.