Triple
T5005228
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Theater of World War II |
E112474
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast
The German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast was a World War II naval offensive in which German submarines targeted Allied shipping along the American coastline, causing heavy losses and prompting major expansions in U.S. coastal defenses and convoy systems.
|
E1788
|
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: German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast | Statement: [American Theater of World War II, significantEvent, German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast Context triple: [American Theater of World War II, significantEvent, German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast]
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A.
German U-boat campaign
The German U-boat campaign was a sustained submarine warfare effort by Imperial Germany during World War I aimed at disrupting Allied maritime trade and supply lines, particularly around the British Isles.
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B.
Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic is a 1943 World War II naval war film starring Humphrey Bogart that dramatizes the perilous missions of U.S. Merchant Marine convoys battling German U-boats in the North Atlantic.
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C.
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Dover Patrol
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command during World War I responsible for securing the English Channel, protecting cross-Channel traffic, and countering German naval and submarine threats.
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E.
Bay of Biscay anti-submarine campaign
The Bay of Biscay anti-submarine campaign was a World War II air–sea offensive focused on hunting and destroying German U-boats transiting through the Bay of Biscay between their Atlantic patrol areas and bases in occupied France.
- 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: German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast Triple: [American Theater of World War II, significantEvent, German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast]
Generated description
The German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast was a World War II naval offensive in which German submarines targeted Allied shipping along the American coastline, causing heavy losses and prompting major expansions in U.S. coastal defenses and convoy systems.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast Target entity description: The German U-boat campaign off the U.S. East Coast was a World War II naval offensive in which German submarines targeted Allied shipping along the American coastline, causing heavy losses and prompting major expansions in U.S. coastal defenses and convoy systems.
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A.
German U-boat campaign
The German U-boat campaign was a sustained submarine warfare effort by Imperial Germany during World War I aimed at disrupting Allied maritime trade and supply lines, particularly around the British Isles.
-
B.
Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic is a 1943 World War II naval war film starring Humphrey Bogart that dramatizes the perilous missions of U.S. Merchant Marine convoys battling German U-boats in the North Atlantic.
-
C.
Battle of the Atlantic
chosen
The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
-
D.
Dover Patrol
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command during World War I responsible for securing the English Channel, protecting cross-Channel traffic, and countering German naval and submarine threats.
-
E.
Bay of Biscay anti-submarine campaign
The Bay of Biscay anti-submarine campaign was a World War II air–sea offensive focused on hunting and destroying German U-boats transiting through the Bay of Biscay between their Atlantic patrol areas and bases in occupied France.
- F. None of above.
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_69bd4433d0b08190877e83959ef40d81 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd72e63a0c8190abf697c2e3dc2bf0 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be9261ef088190a012d55294b9e3c2 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be945736d0819097e26ad90d6f9813 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be94d3578c81909e8139f253e26d69 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.