Triple
T10188032
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | U-20 |
E236959
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableConsequence |
P812
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lusitania sinking contributed to shift in U.S. public opinion against Germany |
E257507
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Lusitania sinking contributed to shift in U.S. public opinion against Germany | Statement: [U-20, notableConsequence, Lusitania sinking contributed to shift in U.S. public opinion against Germany]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lusitania sinking contributed to shift in U.S. public opinion against Germany Context triple: [U-20, notableConsequence, Lusitania sinking contributed to shift in U.S. public opinion against Germany]
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A.
sinking of the RMS Lusitania
chosen
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania was a 1915 World War I maritime disaster in which a British ocean liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland, causing heavy civilian casualties and intensifying anti-German sentiment.
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B.
The Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret 1917 German diplomatic message proposing a military alliance with Mexico against the United States during World War I, whose interception helped draw the U.S. into the conflict.
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C.
British distant blockade of Germany
The British distant blockade of Germany was a World War I naval strategy that used the Royal Navy’s control of the North Sea to cut off Germany’s maritime trade and supplies, aiming to weaken its economy and war effort.
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D.
British declaration of war on Germany
The British declaration of war on Germany was the formal act on 4 August 1914 by which the United Kingdom entered World War I in response to Germany’s invasion of Belgium and France.
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E.
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly)
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points was a 1918 statement of principles for peace and national self-determination proposed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson at the end of World War I, which influenced anti-colonial and independence movements worldwide.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca84d7260c8190bfbec36762943f37 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cded7a7aac8190af8dcb8374e62d68 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d317b734a4819085645caea8ba0481 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:12 p.m.