Triple
T15205961
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs |
E363388
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British colonial service
The British colonial service was the administrative apparatus through which Britain governed its overseas colonies, staffed by civil servants who implemented imperial policies across the empire.
|
E1143931
|
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 colonial service | Statement: [Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs, associatedWith, British colonial service]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial service Context triple: [Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs, associatedWith, British colonial service]
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A.
British Indian Department
The British Indian Department was a colonial-era British agency responsible for managing relations and alliances with Indigenous nations in North America, particularly in the Great Lakes and frontier regions.
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B.
British colonial intelligence
British colonial intelligence was the network of intelligence and security services operated by the British Empire to monitor, control, and suppress political dissent and anti-colonial movements in its overseas territories.
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C.
British colonial authorities
British colonial authorities were the representatives and governing institutions of the British Crown that administered and controlled its American colonies prior to and during the American Revolution.
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D.
Malayan Civil Service
The Malayan Civil Service was the British colonial administrative service responsible for governing British Malaya and managing its civil affairs.
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E.
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service was the elite administrative bureaucracy of British rule in India, responsible for governing and managing the colonial state's key functions.
- 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 colonial service Triple: [Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs, associatedWith, British colonial service]
Generated description
The British colonial service was the administrative apparatus through which Britain governed its overseas colonies, staffed by civil servants who implemented imperial policies across the empire.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British colonial service Target entity description: The British colonial service was the administrative apparatus through which Britain governed its overseas colonies, staffed by civil servants who implemented imperial policies across the empire.
-
A.
British Indian Department
The British Indian Department was a colonial-era British agency responsible for managing relations and alliances with Indigenous nations in North America, particularly in the Great Lakes and frontier regions.
-
B.
British colonial intelligence
British colonial intelligence was the network of intelligence and security services operated by the British Empire to monitor, control, and suppress political dissent and anti-colonial movements in its overseas territories.
-
C.
British colonial authorities
British colonial authorities were the representatives and governing institutions of the British Crown that administered and controlled its American colonies prior to and during the American Revolution.
-
D.
Malayan Civil Service
The Malayan Civil Service was the British colonial administrative service responsible for governing British Malaya and managing its civil affairs.
-
E.
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service was the elite administrative bureaucracy of British rule in India, responsible for governing and managing the colonial state's key functions.
- 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_69d85a0b78bc8190b6e5ad51a2c4cfc5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e006b7964c8190bc8dc3444b94f15e |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fed33b911c8190815341a342a8d3c8 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fed744f8b48190948d42a8da9d2e70 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fed7d9934c8190bd2d00830e5d33bb |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:44 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:11 a.m.