Triple
T21020305
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Cherbourg |
E517786
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sinking of CSS Alabama
The Sinking of CSS Alabama refers to the 1864 naval battle off Cherbourg, France, in which the Union warship USS Kearsarge defeated and sank the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
|
E1462175
|
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: Sinking of CSS Alabama | Statement: [Battle of Cherbourg, alsoKnownAs, Sinking of CSS Alabama]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinking of CSS Alabama Context triple: [Battle of Cherbourg, alsoKnownAs, Sinking of CSS Alabama]
-
A.
Chesapeake–Leopard affair
The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was an 1807 naval confrontation between the United States and Britain, in which a British warship attacked and boarded an American frigate, sharply escalating tensions that helped lead toward the War of 1812.
-
B.
Mississippi Squadron
The Mississippi Squadron was a Union Navy formation during the American Civil War that conducted riverine operations to control the Mississippi River and its tributaries, supporting major campaigns in the Western Theater.
-
C.
Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon
The Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon was a pivotal naval engagement of the War of 1812, remembered for the swift British victory and U.S. Captain James Lawrence’s dying command, “Don’t give up the ship.”
-
D.
Battle of Mobile Bay
The Battle of Mobile Bay was a major American Civil War naval engagement in 1864, famous for Admiral David Farragut’s bold attack that sealed one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf ports.
-
E.
Capture of New Orleans
The Capture of New Orleans was a pivotal 1862 Union naval and land operation during the American Civil War that seized the Confederacy’s largest city and key Gulf Coast port, dealing a major strategic and economic blow to the South.
- 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: Sinking of CSS Alabama Triple: [Battle of Cherbourg, alsoKnownAs, Sinking of CSS Alabama]
Generated description
The Sinking of CSS Alabama refers to the 1864 naval battle off Cherbourg, France, in which the Union warship USS Kearsarge defeated and sank the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinking of CSS Alabama Target entity description: The Sinking of CSS Alabama refers to the 1864 naval battle off Cherbourg, France, in which the Union warship USS Kearsarge defeated and sank the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
-
A.
Chesapeake–Leopard affair
The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was an 1807 naval confrontation between the United States and Britain, in which a British warship attacked and boarded an American frigate, sharply escalating tensions that helped lead toward the War of 1812.
-
B.
Mississippi Squadron
The Mississippi Squadron was a Union Navy formation during the American Civil War that conducted riverine operations to control the Mississippi River and its tributaries, supporting major campaigns in the Western Theater.
-
C.
Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon
The Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon was a pivotal naval engagement of the War of 1812, remembered for the swift British victory and U.S. Captain James Lawrence’s dying command, “Don’t give up the ship.”
-
D.
Battle of Mobile Bay
The Battle of Mobile Bay was a major American Civil War naval engagement in 1864, famous for Admiral David Farragut’s bold attack that sealed one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf ports.
-
E.
Capture of New Orleans
The Capture of New Orleans was a pivotal 1862 Union naval and land operation during the American Civil War that seized the Confederacy’s largest city and key Gulf Coast port, dealing a major strategic and economic blow to the South.
- 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_69e0b50262b081909bc488937145eb73 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6fc5c905c8190ba2f9f82b6cd1648 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a093b68fd48819098ba4ba22a4f1cbd |
completed | May 17, 2026, 3:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a093d26c38881908f8e5e0200411330 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 3:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a093da7c214819099218effbfba8ac7 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:54 p.m.