Triple

T21545056
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject VT Halter Marine E531600 entity
Predicate formedByMergerOf P77 FINISHED
Object VT Systems shipbuilding operations
VT Systems shipbuilding operations were the U.S.-based naval and commercial ship construction and repair activities of VT Systems that were later consolidated into VT Halter Marine.
 E1490871 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: VT Systems shipbuilding operations | Statement: [VT Halter Marine, formedByMergerOf, VT Systems shipbuilding operations]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: VT Systems shipbuilding operations
Context triple: [VT Halter Marine, formedByMergerOf, VT Systems shipbuilding operations]
  • A. VT Shipbuilding
    VT Shipbuilding was a major British shipbuilding company that specialized in constructing naval and commercial vessels before becoming part of BAE Systems Naval Ships through merger.
  • B. Litton Ship Systems
    Litton Ship Systems was a major American naval shipbuilding division known for constructing and repairing vessels for the U.S. Navy and other maritime customers.
  • C. Vigor Shipyards
    Vigor Shipyards is a U.S.-based shipbuilding and repair company known for constructing ferries, military vessels, and commercial ships in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
  • D. Universal Shipbuilding Corporation
    Universal Shipbuilding Corporation was a major Japanese shipbuilding company that later merged into what is now Japan Marine United.
  • E. MIL Davie Shipbuilding
    MIL Davie Shipbuilding is a Canadian shipyard known for constructing major naval vessels, including modern warships for the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • 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: VT Systems shipbuilding operations
Triple: [VT Halter Marine, formedByMergerOf, VT Systems shipbuilding operations]
Generated description
VT Systems shipbuilding operations were the U.S.-based naval and commercial ship construction and repair activities of VT Systems that were later consolidated into VT Halter Marine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: VT Systems shipbuilding operations
Target entity description: VT Systems shipbuilding operations were the U.S.-based naval and commercial ship construction and repair activities of VT Systems that were later consolidated into VT Halter Marine.
  • A. VT Shipbuilding
    VT Shipbuilding was a major British shipbuilding company that specialized in constructing naval and commercial vessels before becoming part of BAE Systems Naval Ships through merger.
  • B. Litton Ship Systems
    Litton Ship Systems was a major American naval shipbuilding division known for constructing and repairing vessels for the U.S. Navy and other maritime customers.
  • C. Vigor Shipyards
    Vigor Shipyards is a U.S.-based shipbuilding and repair company known for constructing ferries, military vessels, and commercial ships in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
  • D. Universal Shipbuilding Corporation
    Universal Shipbuilding Corporation was a major Japanese shipbuilding company that later merged into what is now Japan Marine United.
  • E. MIL Davie Shipbuilding
    MIL Davie Shipbuilding is a Canadian shipyard known for constructing major naval vessels, including modern warships for the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • 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_69e0c45f17148190949c330ab9c27706 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69eeb58e38808190888f3501cf4fff7c completed April 27, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09eedb88508190b4ee4f3bbf1d48e1 completed May 17, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09f04a3a4881909d9bdea7a3d07437 completed May 17, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09f0a92c2081909b7c91031eb84607 completed May 17, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:28 p.m.