Triple

T21020309
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Cherbourg E517786 entity
Predicate shipTypeConfederate P8971 FINISHED
Object screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama
The screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama was a famed Confederate commerce raider during the American Civil War, notorious for disrupting Union merchant shipping worldwide before being sunk off Cherbourg, France, in 1864.
E1462176 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama | Statement: [Battle of Cherbourg, shipTypeConfederate, screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama
Context triple: [Battle of Cherbourg, shipTypeConfederate, screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama]
  • A. Sloop Greer
    Sloop Greer is a character in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novel "Echo Burning," involved in the tense family and legal conflicts at the heart of the story.
  • B. U.S. Brig Niagara
    U.S. Brig Niagara is a reconstructed early 19th-century American warship best known for her role as Oliver Hazard Perry’s flagship during the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
  • C. USS Cumberland
    USS Cumberland was a 19th-century United States Navy sailing frigate best known for her service in the Mexican–American War and her dramatic sinking by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
  • D. USS Columbia
    USS Columbia was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw significant combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • E. USS Guerriere
    USS Guerriere was a U.S. Navy frigate of the early 19th century, notable for its service during the post-War of 1812 era under prominent American naval officers.
  • 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: screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama
Triple: [Battle of Cherbourg, shipTypeConfederate, screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama]
Generated description
The screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama was a famed Confederate commerce raider during the American Civil War, notorious for disrupting Union merchant shipping worldwide before being sunk off Cherbourg, France, in 1864.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama
Target entity description: The screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama was a famed Confederate commerce raider during the American Civil War, notorious for disrupting Union merchant shipping worldwide before being sunk off Cherbourg, France, in 1864.
  • A. Sloop Greer
    Sloop Greer is a character in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novel "Echo Burning," involved in the tense family and legal conflicts at the heart of the story.
  • B. U.S. Brig Niagara
    U.S. Brig Niagara is a reconstructed early 19th-century American warship best known for her role as Oliver Hazard Perry’s flagship during the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
  • C. USS Cumberland
    USS Cumberland was a 19th-century United States Navy sailing frigate best known for her service in the Mexican–American War and her dramatic sinking by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
  • D. USS Columbia
    USS Columbia was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw significant combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • E. USS Guerriere
    USS Guerriere was a U.S. Navy frigate of the early 19th century, notable for its service during the post-War of 1812 era under prominent American naval officers.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: shipTypeConfederate
Context triple: [Battle of Cherbourg, shipTypeConfederate, screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama]
  • A. shipTypeProduced
    Indicates that a particular type of ship is produced, built, or manufactured by a given entity.
  • B. commissionedShip
    Indicates that a ship has been formally placed into active service, typically following its construction or acquisition.
  • C. shipClass
    Indicates the classification or type category to which a particular ship belongs.
  • D. shipOwnedOrCommanded
    Indicates that an entity either owns a ship or serves as its commanding authority.
  • E. shipTypeInvolved chosen
    Indicates that a particular type or class of ship is involved or participates in a specified event, situation, or relationship.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e5dbf274ac81909bbf245627dc8fdc completed April 20, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:54 p.m.