Triple

T737029
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Darwin E14955 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain is a historical study that examines the rise, structure, and legacy of the British Empire within a global context.
E89358 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: Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain | Statement: [John Darwin, notableWork, Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
Context triple: [John Darwin, notableWork, Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain]
  • A. The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
    The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the development, global reach, and eventual decline of the British Empire in the modern era.
  • B. The Birth of Britain
    The Birth of Britain is a historical work by Winston Churchill that chronicles the early history and formation of the British Isles up to the medieval period.
  • C. After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405
    After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 is a major historical study by John Darwin that examines the rise and transformation of global empires from the early 15th century to the modern era.
  • D. The American Empire Project
    The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
  • 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. 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: Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
Triple: [John Darwin, notableWork, Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain]
Generated description
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain is a historical study that examines the rise, structure, and legacy of the British Empire within a global context.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
Target entity description: Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain is a historical study that examines the rise, structure, and legacy of the British Empire within a global context.
  • A. The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
    The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the development, global reach, and eventual decline of the British Empire in the modern era.
  • B. The Birth of Britain
    The Birth of Britain is a historical work by Winston Churchill that chronicles the early history and formation of the British Isles up to the medieval period.
  • C. After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405
    After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 is a major historical study by John Darwin that examines the rise and transformation of global empires from the early 15th century to the modern era.
  • D. The American Empire Project
    The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
  • 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. chosen

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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a5effc108190aea8fbe86641ba54 completed March 1, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a654e40b9c8190ab4314e63826d00a completed March 3, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a65566f6848190a50c39d1fad2b42b completed March 3, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a655f9c0f081909d0ede1c1b515f25 completed March 3, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.