Triple
T17110978
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | International Mercantile Marine Company |
E415221
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United States Lines
United States Lines was a major American transatlantic shipping company best known for operating iconic ocean liners such as the SS United States during the 20th century.
|
E1274513
|
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: United States Lines | Statement: [International Mercantile Marine Company, successor, United States Lines]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Lines Context triple: [International Mercantile Marine Company, successor, United States Lines]
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A.
Red Star Line
Red Star Line was a prominent Belgian-American shipping company that operated transatlantic passenger and freight services between Europe and North America from the late 19th to early 20th century.
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B.
White Star Line
White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Hamburg America Line
Hamburg America Line was a major German transatlantic shipping company that operated prominent passenger and cargo services between Europe and the Americas from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
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D.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. was a shipping company that operated steamship services between New York and Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was a prominent U.S. shipping firm that operated cargo services between the American mainland and Hawaii, particularly active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: United States Lines Triple: [International Mercantile Marine Company, successor, United States Lines]
Generated description
United States Lines was a major American transatlantic shipping company best known for operating iconic ocean liners such as the SS United States during the 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Lines Target entity description: United States Lines was a major American transatlantic shipping company best known for operating iconic ocean liners such as the SS United States during the 20th century.
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A.
Red Star Line
Red Star Line was a prominent Belgian-American shipping company that operated transatlantic passenger and freight services between Europe and North America from the late 19th to early 20th century.
-
B.
White Star Line
White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
C.
Hamburg America Line
Hamburg America Line was a major German transatlantic shipping company that operated prominent passenger and cargo services between Europe and the Americas from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
-
D.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. was a shipping company that operated steamship services between New York and Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
E.
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was a prominent U.S. shipping firm that operated cargo services between the American mainland and Hawaii, particularly active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3dc2a7f2c81908eb19594b6accab7 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01d27638ec8190a125ee8e02086035 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a01d36fcfd081908b85e5bafb3eda4e |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a01d3ca97b88190800530c80bd5dff0 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:35 a.m.