Triple

T19671135
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British East Africa E472335 entity
Predicate hadGovernor P8673 FINISHED
Object Governor of Kenya Colony
The Governor of Kenya Colony was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Kenya during the period of British rule.
 E1390138 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: Governor of Kenya Colony | Statement: [British East Africa, hadGovernor, Governor of Kenya Colony]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Governor of Kenya Colony
Context triple: [British East Africa, hadGovernor, Governor of Kenya Colony]
  • A. Governor-General of Tanganyika
    The Governor-General of Tanganyika was the British monarch’s viceregal representative who performed the ceremonial and constitutional duties of the head of state in Tanganyika during its period as a Commonwealth realm.
  • B. Governor of Nyasaland
    The Governor of Nyasaland was the British colonial administrator who served as the Crown’s chief representative and head of government in the Nyasaland Protectorate (modern-day Malawi).
  • C. Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of state for the semi-autonomous federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in southern Africa during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Head of the Civil Service of Kenya
    The Head of the Civil Service of Kenya is the top-ranking public official responsible for overseeing and coordinating the operations and administration of the Kenyan government’s civil service.
  • E. Governor of Northern Rhodesia
    The Governor of Northern Rhodesia was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in the territory that is now Zambia.
  • 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: Governor of Kenya Colony
Triple: [British East Africa, hadGovernor, Governor of Kenya Colony]
Generated description
The Governor of Kenya Colony was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Kenya during the period of British rule.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Governor of Kenya Colony
Target entity description: The Governor of Kenya Colony was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Kenya during the period of British rule.
  • A. Governor-General of Tanganyika
    The Governor-General of Tanganyika was the British monarch’s viceregal representative who performed the ceremonial and constitutional duties of the head of state in Tanganyika during its period as a Commonwealth realm.
  • B. Governor of Nyasaland
    The Governor of Nyasaland was the British colonial administrator who served as the Crown’s chief representative and head of government in the Nyasaland Protectorate (modern-day Malawi).
  • C. Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    The Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was the British Crown’s representative and de facto head of state for the semi-autonomous federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in southern Africa during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Head of the Civil Service of Kenya
    The Head of the Civil Service of Kenya is the top-ranking public official responsible for overseeing and coordinating the operations and administration of the Kenyan government’s civil service.
  • E. Governor of Northern Rhodesia
    The Governor of Northern Rhodesia was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in the territory that is now Zambia.
  • 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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6416cb0bc8190ab27dd28eebb50e7 completed April 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0787be755881908a8fa644690fd583 completed May 15, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0788b82bb88190a81764480e324028 completed May 15, 2026, 8:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a078a0b7a7c8190adb44f9f20e0b6ff completed May 15, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.