Triple

T21526380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Western Gunboat Flotilla E531106 entity
Predicate notableShip P3345 FINISHED
Object USS Benton
USS Benton was a prominent ironclad river gunboat that served as a flagship in the Union’s Western Gunboat Flotilla during the American Civil War.
E1498195 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: USS Benton | Statement: [Western Gunboat Flotilla, notableShip, USS Benton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Benton
Context triple: [Western Gunboat Flotilla, notableShip, USS Benton]
  • A. USS Pittsburgh
    USS Pittsburgh was a Union ironclad gunboat that played a significant combat role on the Western rivers during the American Civil War.
  • B. USS Columbus
    USS Columbus was a United States Navy warship that gained historical note for its role in early 19th-century naval operations, including participation in exploratory and diplomatic missions such as the Hopkins Expedition to the Bahamas.
  • C. USS Chicago
    USS Chicago was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that served in the Pacific during World War II, seeing significant action before being sunk in early 1943.
  • D. USS Louisville
    USS Louisville was a prominent Union ironclad river gunboat that served in the Western Theater during the American Civil War, participating in key operations along the Mississippi and its tributaries.
  • E. USS Benson
    USS Benson was a United States Navy Benson-class destroyer that served during World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
  • 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: USS Benton
Triple: [Western Gunboat Flotilla, notableShip, USS Benton]
Generated description
USS Benton was a prominent ironclad river gunboat that served as a flagship in the Union’s Western Gunboat Flotilla during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Benton
Target entity description: USS Benton was a prominent ironclad river gunboat that served as a flagship in the Union’s Western Gunboat Flotilla during the American Civil War.
  • A. USS Pittsburgh
    USS Pittsburgh was a Union ironclad gunboat that played a significant combat role on the Western rivers during the American Civil War.
  • B. USS Columbus
    USS Columbus was a United States Navy warship that gained historical note for its role in early 19th-century naval operations, including participation in exploratory and diplomatic missions such as the Hopkins Expedition to the Bahamas.
  • C. USS Chicago
    USS Chicago was a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that served in the Pacific during World War II, seeing significant action before being sunk in early 1943.
  • D. USS Louisville
    USS Louisville was a prominent Union ironclad river gunboat that served in the Western Theater during the American Civil War, participating in key operations along the Mississippi and its tributaries.
  • E. USS Benson
    USS Benson was a United States Navy Benson-class destroyer that served during World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
  • 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_69e0c45d95a081908e7962ad215da746 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ee88515874819085e251c0d297a587 completed April 26, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a24990c548190b8d4125b896683ff completed May 17, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a25e3f88c8190b9e45419c281f781 completed May 17, 2026, 8:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a26ad254081908be75936046e23ca completed May 17, 2026, 8:35 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:26 p.m.