Triple

T21577131
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject German submarine U-96 E532425 entity
Predicate pennantNumber P3153 FINISHED
Object U-96
U-96 was a famous German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life submarine that inspired the novel and film "Das Boot."
E1491667 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: U-96 | Statement: [German submarine U-96, pennantNumber, U-96]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U-96
Context triple: [German submarine U-96, pennantNumber, U-96]
  • A. U-9
    U-9 was a German World War I U-boat famed for its early and dramatic successes in submarine warfare, including the sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
  • B. Type IX U-boat
    The Type IX U-boat was a class of long-range German submarines used by the Kriegsmarine during World War II, designed for extended patrols and operations far from European waters.
  • C. U-boat U-211
    U-boat U-211 was a German Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine that operated in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, attacking Allied convoys before being lost in 1943.
  • D. U-75
    U-75 was a German Type VIIB U-boat that served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and commerce raiding operations.
  • E. U-703
    U-703 was a German Type VIIC U-boat that served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting combat patrols in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
  • 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: U-96
Triple: [German submarine U-96, pennantNumber, U-96]
Generated description
U-96 was a famous German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life submarine that inspired the novel and film "Das Boot."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U-96
Target entity description: U-96 was a famous German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life submarine that inspired the novel and film "Das Boot."
  • A. U-9
    U-9 was a German World War I U-boat famed for its early and dramatic successes in submarine warfare, including the sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
  • B. Type IX U-boat
    The Type IX U-boat was a class of long-range German submarines used by the Kriegsmarine during World War II, designed for extended patrols and operations far from European waters.
  • C. U-boat U-211
    U-boat U-211 was a German Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine that operated in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, attacking Allied convoys before being lost in 1943.
  • D. U-75
    U-75 was a German Type VIIB U-boat that served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and commerce raiding operations.
  • E. U-703
    U-703 was a German Type VIIC U-boat that served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting combat patrols in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
  • 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_69e0c4618bec8190bcb0feb74568cbb1 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69eeeb59cee08190aae55ad6e2a4e077 completed April 27, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09f67679c881908cabb5b7f3e8dcb7 completed May 17, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09f6e046e48190a65e3d164c14e4b3 completed May 17, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09f7e525a88190a37680187b5b0916 completed May 17, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:31 p.m.