Triple

T74682
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject French Indochina E1494 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object French colonial empire
The French colonial empire was the overseas territories and possessions ruled by France from the 17th to the 20th century, spanning regions in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific and becoming one of history’s largest colonial empires.
E6203 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: French colonial empire | Statement: [French Indochina, partOf, French colonial empire]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial empire
Context triple: [French Indochina, partOf, French colonial empire]
  • A. British Empire
    The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.
  • B. French Indochina
    French Indochina was a French colonial federation in Southeast Asia, comprising territories such as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, that existed from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
  • C. Spanish Empire
    The Spanish Empire was a vast early modern global empire that dominated much of the Americas, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, becoming one of history’s most powerful colonial powers.
  • D. France
    France is a major Western European nation known for its influential history, culture, and economy, and as a founding member of the European Union and the United Nations.
  • E. The Commonwealth
    The Commonwealth is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Massachusetts, reflecting its historical self-identification as a government founded on the common consent and welfare of its people.
  • 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: French colonial empire
Triple: [French Indochina, partOf, French colonial empire]
Generated description
The French colonial empire was the overseas territories and possessions ruled by France from the 17th to the 20th century, spanning regions in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific and becoming one of history’s largest colonial empires.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial empire
Target entity description: The French colonial empire was the overseas territories and possessions ruled by France from the 17th to the 20th century, spanning regions in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific and becoming one of history’s largest colonial empires.
  • A. British Empire
    The British Empire was a vast global colonial empire dominated by Britain that, at its height, controlled territories on every inhabited continent and profoundly shaped modern political, economic, and cultural history.
  • B. French Indochina
    French Indochina was a French colonial federation in Southeast Asia, comprising territories such as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, that existed from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
  • C. Spanish Empire
    The Spanish Empire was a vast early modern global empire that dominated much of the Americas, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, becoming one of history’s most powerful colonial powers.
  • D. France
    France is a major Western European nation known for its influential history, culture, and economy, and as a founding member of the European Union and the United Nations.
  • E. The Commonwealth
    The Commonwealth is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Massachusetts, reflecting its historical self-identification as a government founded on the common consent and welfare of its people.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f1b99a48190aec004ecd49b4a0d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2554ffb8c8190a30aceecd7f30d96 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a25943cba88190a78f708d453ce968 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a259c2706c8190b5319c004e207c29 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.