Triple

T21637842
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate E534006 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object German colonial administration of Samoa
The German colonial administration of Samoa was the period from 1900 to 1914 when the German Empire governed the Samoan Islands as a Pacific colony focused on copra production and strategic influence.
E1493775 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: German colonial administration of Samoa | Statement: [New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate, precededBy, German colonial administration of Samoa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German colonial administration of Samoa
Context triple: [New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate, precededBy, German colonial administration of Samoa]
  • A. German colonial rule in Micronesia
    German colonial rule in Micronesia was the period (primarily 1885–1914) when the German Empire controlled and administered several Micronesian archipelagos in the western Pacific, reshaping local political, economic, and cultural structures.
  • B. German colonial administration of German South West Africa
    The German colonial administration of German South West Africa was the governing authority established by the German Empire to control and administer its colony in present-day Namibia from the late 19th century until World War I.
  • C. New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate
    The New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate was a colonial trusteeship period (from after World War I until Samoan independence) during which New Zealand governed Western Samoa on behalf of the League, shaping much of the territory’s modern political and social development.
  • D. Imperial German Colonial Office
    The Imperial German Colonial Office was the central government authority of the German Empire responsible for overseeing and managing its overseas colonies.
  • E. British Solomon Islands Protectorate
    The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was a former British colonial territory in the South Pacific that encompassed most of the Solomon Islands from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the modern state of Solomon Islands in 1978.
  • 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: German colonial administration of Samoa
Triple: [New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate, precededBy, German colonial administration of Samoa]
Generated description
The German colonial administration of Samoa was the period from 1900 to 1914 when the German Empire governed the Samoan Islands as a Pacific colony focused on copra production and strategic influence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German colonial administration of Samoa
Target entity description: The German colonial administration of Samoa was the period from 1900 to 1914 when the German Empire governed the Samoan Islands as a Pacific colony focused on copra production and strategic influence.
  • A. German colonial rule in Micronesia
    German colonial rule in Micronesia was the period (primarily 1885–1914) when the German Empire controlled and administered several Micronesian archipelagos in the western Pacific, reshaping local political, economic, and cultural structures.
  • B. German colonial administration of German South West Africa
    The German colonial administration of German South West Africa was the governing authority established by the German Empire to control and administer its colony in present-day Namibia from the late 19th century until World War I.
  • C. New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate
    The New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate was a colonial trusteeship period (from after World War I until Samoan independence) during which New Zealand governed Western Samoa on behalf of the League, shaping much of the territory’s modern political and social development.
  • D. Imperial German Colonial Office
    The Imperial German Colonial Office was the central government authority of the German Empire responsible for overseeing and managing its overseas colonies.
  • E. British Solomon Islands Protectorate
    The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was a former British colonial territory in the South Pacific that encompassed most of the Solomon Islands from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the modern state of Solomon Islands in 1978.
  • 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_69e0c465ae7481908577b7209fdb2a77 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef538eef0481908f5bf0e27f8e054d completed April 27, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a0f9de1fc8190bd44ba90877385c1 completed May 17, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a106d521481909aff885d50adbda1 completed May 17, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a10e6cda481908c263911f681c337 completed May 17, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:35 p.m.