Triple
T19719275
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frederick Lugard |
E473559
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria |
E1391349
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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: High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria | Statement: [Frederick Lugard, positionHeld, High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria Context triple: [Frederick Lugard, positionHeld, High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria]
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A.
Governor of Northern Nigeria Protectorate
chosen
The Governor of Northern Nigeria Protectorate was the chief colonial administrator responsible for overseeing British rule and governance in the Northern Nigeria Protectorate in the early 20th century.
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B.
Premier of Eastern Nigeria
The Premier of Eastern Nigeria was the head of government of the former Eastern Region in colonial and early post-colonial Nigeria, a role notably held by nationalist leader Nnamdi Azikiwe.
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C.
Governor-General of Nigeria
The Governor-General of Nigeria was the British monarch’s representative and the de facto head of state in Nigeria during the late colonial and early independence period, prior to the country becoming a republic.
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D.
Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria
The Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria was the head of government for the Western Region during Nigeria’s First Republic, overseeing regional administration and political leadership before the country’s shift to a more centralized federal structure.
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E.
Lamido of Adamawa
The Lamido of Adamawa is the paramount traditional ruler and Fulani emir of the Adamawa Emirate, historically influential in the region now largely corresponding to Adamawa State in northeastern Nigeria.
- 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6440f9dd88190bd15cf00f739dfb4 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a07b4ec24548190826f8dc75f1de8b7 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.