Triple

T74694
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject French Indochina E1494 entity
Predicate containsTerritory P285 FINISHED
Object Protectorate of Laos
The Protectorate of Laos was a French colonial territory in Southeast Asia that encompassed much of present-day Laos under French Indochina rule.
E1494 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: Protectorate of Laos | Statement: [French Indochina, containsTerritory, Protectorate of Laos]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Protectorate of Laos
Context triple: [French Indochina, containsTerritory, Protectorate of Laos]
  • A. Protectorate of Annam
    The Protectorate of Annam was a central Vietnamese monarchy under French colonial rule, forming one of the key constituent regions of French Indochina.
  • B. Laos
    Laos is a landlocked Southeast Asian country known for its mountainous terrain, Buddhist culture, and status as one of the region’s least developed but rapidly reforming economies.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Cambodia
    Cambodia is a Southeast Asian nation known for its ancient Khmer civilization, the Angkor Wat temple complex, and a modern history marked by French colonial rule and the Khmer Rouge regime.
  • E. Cochinchina
    Cochinchina was the southern region of Vietnam that became a French colony and later formed part of French Indochina.
  • 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: Protectorate of Laos
Triple: [French Indochina, containsTerritory, Protectorate of Laos]
Generated description
The Protectorate of Laos was a French colonial territory in Southeast Asia that encompassed much of present-day Laos under French Indochina rule.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Protectorate of Laos
Target entity description: The Protectorate of Laos was a French colonial territory in Southeast Asia that encompassed much of present-day Laos under French Indochina rule.
  • A. Protectorate of Annam
    The Protectorate of Annam was a central Vietnamese monarchy under French colonial rule, forming one of the key constituent regions of French Indochina.
  • B. Laos
    Laos is a landlocked Southeast Asian country known for its mountainous terrain, Buddhist culture, and status as one of the region’s least developed but rapidly reforming economies.
  • C. French Indochina chosen
    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.
  • D. Cambodia
    Cambodia is a Southeast Asian nation known for its ancient Khmer civilization, the Angkor Wat temple complex, and a modern history marked by French colonial rule and the Khmer Rouge regime.
  • E. Cochinchina
    Cochinchina was the southern region of Vietnam that became a French colony and later formed part of French Indochina.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2567c90308190a9b989c586f7e559 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2ce338f708190b9e5eba745d45ca6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2cec41ab481908ec4886497212276 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2cf3e80d08190aefb2651ee66b387 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.