Triple
T831162
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scramble for Africa |
E17967
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasKeyEvent |
P811
|
FINISHED |
| Object | French conquest of West Africa |
E32386
|
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: French conquest of West Africa | Statement: [Scramble for Africa, hasKeyEvent, French conquest of West Africa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French conquest of West Africa Context triple: [Scramble for Africa, hasKeyEvent, French conquest of West Africa]
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A.
French conquest of Algeria
chosen
The French conquest of Algeria was a 19th-century military campaign and colonization process through which France invaded, subdued, and incorporated Algerian territory into its colonial empire, sparking long-lasting resistance and reshaping North African history.
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B.
Scramble for Africa
The Scramble for Africa was a late 19th-century period of rapid European colonization and partition of African territories, driven by imperial rivalry, economic interests, and strategic ambitions.
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C.
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign was a late-18th-century French military and scientific expedition to Egypt led by Napoleon Bonaparte, aimed at undermining British influence while advancing European knowledge of Egyptian history, culture, and geography.
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D.
Canton Campaign
The Canton Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guangzhou, was a key 19th-century military engagement in southern China involving Western powers and Qing forces during the era of the Opium Wars.
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E.
British campaign against New France
The British campaign against New France was a series of military operations during the Seven Years' War aimed at conquering French colonial territories in North America, culminating in the fall of key strongholds such as Quebec.
- 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_69a4937c9c188190aaa216f6b466f452 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4abb4be948190ae757df85bdc40e4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d9991488190808adb29d3ad6273 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.