Triple

T10188296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject PQ convoys E236966 entity
Predicate notableConvoy P43886 FINISHED
Object Convoy PQ 17
Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
E846712 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Convoy PQ 17 | Statement: [PQ convoys, notableConvoy, Convoy PQ 17]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Convoy PQ 17
Context triple: [PQ convoys, notableConvoy, Convoy PQ 17]
  • A. Convoy JW 51B
    Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union that became the focus of German naval attacks during the Battle of the Barents Sea.
  • B. Convoy
    Convoy is a technology-driven freight and logistics startup that built a digital marketplace to connect shippers with trucking carriers.
  • C. 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.
  • D. convoy JW 55B
    Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union whose movements helped draw out and expose the German battleship Scharnhorst, leading to its destruction at the Battle of the North Cape.
  • E. The Cruel Sea
    The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British war film, based on Nicholas Monsarrat’s novel, that portrays the harsh realities of the Battle of the Atlantic through the crew of a Royal Navy corvette.
  • 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: Convoy PQ 17
Triple: [PQ convoys, notableConvoy, Convoy PQ 17]
Generated description
Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Convoy PQ 17
Target entity description: Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
  • A. Convoy JW 51B
    Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union that became the focus of German naval attacks during the Battle of the Barents Sea.
  • B. Convoy
    Convoy is a technology-driven freight and logistics startup that built a digital marketplace to connect shippers with trucking carriers.
  • C. 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.
  • D. convoy JW 55B
    Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union whose movements helped draw out and expose the German battleship Scharnhorst, leading to its destruction at the Battle of the North Cape.
  • E. The Cruel Sea
    The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British war film, based on Nicholas Monsarrat’s novel, that portrays the harsh realities of the Battle of the Atlantic through the crew of a Royal Navy corvette.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableConvoy
Context triple: [PQ convoys, notableConvoy, Convoy PQ 17]
  • A. convoyProtected
    Indicates that one entity provides protective escort or defense to a moving group (convoy) of other entities during transit.
  • B. convoyCargo
    Indicates that one entity is transporting or escorting another entity as cargo within a convoy.
  • C. convoyType
    Indicates the specific kind or classification of convoy associated with or used in the relationship between the entities.
  • D. notableCargo
    Indicates that an entity is known for carrying or having carried a particularly important, famous, or otherwise noteworthy cargo.
  • E. convoyComposition chosen
    Indicates that one entity is composed of, or includes as its members, the set of entities forming a convoy.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69cded7c3278819093312665b54d888c completed April 2, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d317b734a4819085645caea8ba0481 completed April 6, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d319937ec08190bf5442a7e3a9ba9f completed April 6, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d31a39d73481908cf5713205f910fb completed April 6, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cd7c8477648190bc55c56aeec507d3 completed April 1, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:12 p.m.