Triple
T766725
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | French West Africa |
E16190
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderedBy |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British West Africa
British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
|
E91497
|
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: British West Africa | Statement: [French West Africa, borderedBy, British West Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British West Africa Context triple: [French West Africa, borderedBy, British West Africa]
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A.
British Gold Coast
The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.
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B.
French West Africa
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
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C.
Mano River Union
The Mano River Union is a subregional organization in West Africa that promotes economic cooperation and regional integration among its member states.
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D.
Dutch Gold Coast
The Dutch Gold Coast was a former colonial territory of the Netherlands on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on a network of coastal forts and trading posts involved in the Atlantic slave trade and commerce in gold and other goods.
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E.
West Africa
West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.
- 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: British West Africa Triple: [French West Africa, borderedBy, British West Africa]
Generated description
British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British West Africa Target entity description: British West Africa was a collective term for Britain’s colonial territories in West Africa, including colonies such as Nigeria, the Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, and the Gambia.
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A.
British Gold Coast
The British Gold Coast was a former British colony in West Africa, centered in present-day Ghana, that served as a major hub for trade and colonial administration until its independence as Ghana in 1957.
-
B.
French West Africa
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa that served as a major political and military base for France, especially during both World Wars.
-
C.
Mano River Union
The Mano River Union is a subregional organization in West Africa that promotes economic cooperation and regional integration among its member states.
-
D.
Dutch Gold Coast
The Dutch Gold Coast was a former colonial territory of the Netherlands on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on a network of coastal forts and trading posts involved in the Atlantic slave trade and commerce in gold and other goods.
-
E.
West Africa
West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.
- 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_69a493684ee48190bd43b7c78da4aec8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a6a0fee08190bf365d14c007e008 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a666760a4c8190afd00dbfc263be28 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a66a6289a881909a2ada9c8a5ea091 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a66ad0da0081909fc828eccabf5b80 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 5 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.