Triple

T8179381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British colonial intelligence E191020 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Special Branch
Special Branch was a British colonial-era police intelligence unit focused on political surveillance, counter-subversion, and security operations.
E713721 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: Special Branch | Statement: [British colonial intelligence, hasPart, Special Branch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Special Branch
Context triple: [British colonial intelligence, hasPart, Special Branch]
  • A. Special Branch
    Special Branch is an intelligence and security division of the Islamabad Capital Territory Police responsible for gathering and analyzing information to support law enforcement and public safety operations.
  • B. Special Branch
    Special Branch is the intelligence and security arm of the Royal Malayan Police, responsible for political, counter-espionage, and internal security operations.
  • C. Special Branch
    Special Branch was the intelligence and security arm of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, focused primarily on counterterrorism and political surveillance in Northern Ireland.
  • D. Special Operations Bureau
    The Special Operations Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for handling high-risk, tactical, and emergency response operations.
  • E. Division of Special Activities
    The Division of Special Activities is a specialized unit within the United Nations Department of Operational Support that handles complex, non-routine operational tasks and missions.
  • 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: Special Branch
Triple: [British colonial intelligence, hasPart, Special Branch]
Generated description
Special Branch was a British colonial-era police intelligence unit focused on political surveillance, counter-subversion, and security operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Special Branch
Target entity description: Special Branch was a British colonial-era police intelligence unit focused on political surveillance, counter-subversion, and security operations.
  • A. Special Branch
    Special Branch was the intelligence and security arm of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, focused primarily on counterterrorism and political surveillance in Northern Ireland.
  • B. Special Branch
    Special Branch is an intelligence and security division of the Islamabad Capital Territory Police responsible for gathering and analyzing information to support law enforcement and public safety operations.
  • C. Special Branch chosen
    Special Branch is the intelligence and security arm of the Royal Malayan Police, responsible for political, counter-espionage, and internal security operations.
  • D. Special Operations Bureau
    The Special Operations Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for handling high-risk, tactical, and emergency response operations.
  • E. Division of Special Activities
    The Division of Special Activities is a specialized unit within the United Nations Department of Operational Support that handles complex, non-routine operational tasks and missions.
  • 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_69ca82c4538081909404325aa5639483 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4abd9768819091298e4dd995ac96 completed March 31, 2026, 4:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbf86f8848190a196f7c8d3ad2b36 completed April 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc315132c8190bb0ad49232ccc3b8 completed April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccd85aa2888190bd167148b21a3f93 completed April 1, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.