Triple

T23221397

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering	`E580902`	entity
Predicate	appliesToPart	`P35`	FINISHED
Object	Confederate States Navy ironclads Confederate States Navy ironclads were armored warships built and deployed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War, designed to challenge Union naval supremacy with iron-plated hulls and heavy artillery.	`E1572650`	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: Confederate States Navy ironclads | Statement: [Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering, appliesToPart, Confederate States Navy ironclads]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Confederate States Navy ironclads
Context triple: [Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering, appliesToPart, Confederate States Navy ironclads]

A. Virginia-class ironclad
The Virginia-class ironclad was a Confederate Civil War warship design featuring heavy iron armor and powerful guns, exemplified by the pioneering ironclad CSS Virginia.
B. Tennessee-class ironclad
The Tennessee-class ironclad was a group of Confederate armored warships built during the American Civil War, noted for their heavy armor and use in riverine and coastal engagements.
C. Warrior-class ironclad
The Warrior-class ironclad was a pioneering 19th-century British warship design that introduced large, seagoing, iron-hulled armored frigates to the Royal Navy, marking a major shift from wooden sailing ships to modern armored steam warships.
D. Ironclad
Ironclad is a 2011 historical action film about the defense of Rochester Castle during the First Barons' War, in which Aneurin Barnard plays a key supporting role.
E. Monitor-class ironclad
The Monitor-class ironclad was a pioneering type of low-profile, turreted warship built for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War, exemplified by the revolutionary USS Monitor.
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: Confederate States Navy ironclads
Triple: [Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering, appliesToPart, Confederate States Navy ironclads]

Generated description

Confederate States Navy ironclads were armored warships built and deployed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War, designed to challenge Union naval supremacy with iron-plated hulls and heavy artillery.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Confederate States Navy ironclads
Target entity description: Confederate States Navy ironclads were armored warships built and deployed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War, designed to challenge Union naval supremacy with iron-plated hulls and heavy artillery.

A. Virginia-class ironclad
The Virginia-class ironclad was a Confederate Civil War warship design featuring heavy iron armor and powerful guns, exemplified by the pioneering ironclad CSS Virginia.
B. Tennessee-class ironclad
The Tennessee-class ironclad was a group of Confederate armored warships built during the American Civil War, noted for their heavy armor and use in riverine and coastal engagements.
C. Warrior-class ironclad
The Warrior-class ironclad was a pioneering 19th-century British warship design that introduced large, seagoing, iron-hulled armored frigates to the Royal Navy, marking a major shift from wooden sailing ships to modern armored steam warships.
D. Ironclad
Ironclad is a 2011 historical action film about the defense of Rochester Castle during the First Barons' War, in which Aneurin Barnard plays a key supporting role.
E. Monitor-class ironclad
The Monitor-class ironclad was a pioneering type of low-profile, turreted warship built for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War, exemplified by the revolutionary USS Monitor.
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_69e2460389408190be74f41d217799a9`	completed	April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69f1922924308190a26b00e09ce60ecd`	completed	April 29, 2026, 5:07 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a0c30ce65b48190a621f67a75b84fea`	completed	May 19, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a0c31b2a8cc81908bc31ce4bdccdd71`	completed	May 19, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a0c3245c9808190ab5212a14aa2e42e`	completed	May 19, 2026, 9:49 a.m.

Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:08 p.m.