Triple

T22818394
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Atlantic Ocean (West Indies area) E565160 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object French colonial navy
The French colonial navy was the maritime military force of France’s overseas empire, tasked with protecting trade routes, enforcing colonial rule, and conducting naval operations across territories such as the Caribbean and other parts of the Atlantic world.
E1556108 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: French colonial navy | Statement: [Atlantic Ocean (West Indies area), usedBy, French colonial navy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial navy
Context triple: [Atlantic Ocean (West Indies area), usedBy, French colonial navy]
  • A. French Navy
    The French Navy is the maritime military force of France, historically notable for its crucial support to the American colonies during the Revolutionary War and its longstanding role as a major European naval power.
  • B. Vichy French Navy
    The Vichy French Navy was the maritime arm of the Vichy regime during World War II, tasked with defending its colonial possessions and maintaining a stance of official neutrality while navigating complex relations with both Axis and Allied powers.
  • C. French Atlantic Fleet
    The French Atlantic Fleet was the principal naval force of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France operating in the Atlantic Ocean, notably opposing the British Royal Navy in major late 18th-century sea battles.
  • D. French Mediterranean fleet
    The French Mediterranean fleet was the main naval force of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France operating in the Mediterranean Sea, notably active during campaigns such as Napoleon’s Egyptian expedition.
  • E. French Submarine Forces
    The French Submarine Forces are the submarine arm of France’s navy, operating both nuclear-powered ballistic missile and attack submarines as a key component of the country’s naval power and nuclear deterrent.
  • 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: French colonial navy
Triple: [Atlantic Ocean (West Indies area), usedBy, French colonial navy]
Generated description
The French colonial navy was the maritime military force of France’s overseas empire, tasked with protecting trade routes, enforcing colonial rule, and conducting naval operations across territories such as the Caribbean and other parts of the Atlantic world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial navy
Target entity description: The French colonial navy was the maritime military force of France’s overseas empire, tasked with protecting trade routes, enforcing colonial rule, and conducting naval operations across territories such as the Caribbean and other parts of the Atlantic world.
  • A. French Navy
    The French Navy is the maritime military force of France, historically notable for its crucial support to the American colonies during the Revolutionary War and its longstanding role as a major European naval power.
  • B. Vichy French Navy
    The Vichy French Navy was the maritime arm of the Vichy regime during World War II, tasked with defending its colonial possessions and maintaining a stance of official neutrality while navigating complex relations with both Axis and Allied powers.
  • C. French Atlantic Fleet
    The French Atlantic Fleet was the principal naval force of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France operating in the Atlantic Ocean, notably opposing the British Royal Navy in major late 18th-century sea battles.
  • D. French Mediterranean fleet
    The French Mediterranean fleet was the main naval force of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France operating in the Mediterranean Sea, notably active during campaigns such as Napoleon’s Egyptian expedition.
  • E. French Submarine Forces
    The French Submarine Forces are the submarine arm of France’s navy, operating both nuclear-powered ballistic missile and attack submarines as a key component of the country’s naval power and nuclear deterrent.
  • 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_69e2458426188190b58b8ab4844fe420 completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17dce762c8190934fb921f942c9fd completed April 29, 2026, 3:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b9ea6b87c819088abf95f56014724 completed May 18, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ba271f1548190afa04f8cf4d1da0b completed May 18, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ba3b3cb288190a96a23d310c16d52 completed May 18, 2026, 11:41 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:33 p.m.