Triple
T9884387
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | King's African Rifles |
E180893
|
entity |
| Predicate | recruitedFrom |
P4145
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nyasaland Protectorate |
E643063
|
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: Nyasaland Protectorate | Statement: [King's African Rifles, recruitedFrom, Nyasaland Protectorate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nyasaland Protectorate Context triple: [King's African Rifles, recruitedFrom, Nyasaland Protectorate]
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A.
Nyasaland
chosen
Nyasaland was a former British protectorate in southeastern Africa that later became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964.
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B.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a mid-20th-century semi-autonomous colonial union in southern Africa that combined the territories of modern-day Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi under British rule.
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C.
Bechuanaland Protectorate
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a British colonial territory in Southern Africa that existed from the late 19th century until it gained independence as the Republic of Botswana in 1966.
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D.
Swaziland Protectorate
Swaziland Protectorate was a British colonial protectorate in Southern Africa that preceded the modern independent nation of Eswatini.
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E.
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.
- 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_69ca828082cc8190a40f8d299caa6545 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb45549488190833200977d558e47 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1eaf6a5848190ad031bdb195cd4ce |
completed | April 5, 2026, 4:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:38 p.m.