Triple
T797052
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Massachusetts Bay Company |
E17045
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | English colonial empire |
E41869
|
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: English colonial empire | Statement: [Massachusetts Bay Company, partOf, English colonial empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English colonial empire Context triple: [Massachusetts Bay Company, partOf, English colonial empire]
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A.
European colonial empires
European colonial empires were vast overseas dominions established and controlled by European powers from the early modern period onward, characterized by territorial conquest, resource extraction, and political domination of colonized regions across the globe.
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B.
British America
chosen
British America was the collective term for Britain’s colonies in North America and the Caribbean prior to the independence of the United States and other territories.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Crown colony
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.
- 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a7b342888190a344fe81a2c9f33c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a67f01cca881908c1d230048be1225 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 6:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.