Triple
T8844756
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sir John Kotelawala |
E210475
|
entity |
| Predicate | servedIn |
P253
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ceylon Defence Force |
E178548
|
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: Ceylon Defence Force | Statement: [Sir John Kotelawala, servedIn, Ceylon Defence Force]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceylon Defence Force Context triple: [Sir John Kotelawala, servedIn, Ceylon Defence Force]
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A.
Ceylon Defence Force
chosen
The Ceylon Defence Force was the colonial-era military organization of British Ceylon, responsible for the island’s local defense and internal security before independence.
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B.
Sri Lanka Army
The Sri Lanka Army is the land-based military branch of Sri Lanka responsible for ground warfare, national defense, and internal security operations.
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C.
Sri Lanka Armed Forces
The Sri Lanka Armed Forces are the combined military services of Sri Lanka, responsible for the country’s defense and internal security and known internationally for their central role in the Sri Lankan Civil War.
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D.
Sri Lanka Air Force
The Sri Lanka Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Sri Lanka’s armed forces, responsible for defending the nation’s airspace and providing air support for military and humanitarian operations.
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E.
Sri Lanka Navy
The Sri Lanka Navy is the naval branch of Sri Lanka’s military, responsible for maritime defense, security, and operations in the country’s territorial waters and surrounding region.
- 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_69ca838967bc8190b46c3c80a2887ea4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc60a6623c8190ba43545544f58633 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfab821e808190a918bf787cde54b6 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:48 p.m.