Triple

T10200461
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject First Battle of Heligoland Bight E238868 entity
Predicate involvedUnit P1063 FINISHED
Object German torpedo boat flotillas
German torpedo boat flotillas were formations of small, fast attack vessels of the Imperial German Navy used for reconnaissance, escort, and offensive torpedo operations, particularly in the North Sea during World War I.
E847339 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 torpedo boat flotillas | Statement: [First Battle of Heligoland Bight, involvedUnit, German torpedo boat flotillas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German torpedo boat flotillas
Context triple: [First Battle of Heligoland Bight, involvedUnit, German torpedo boat flotillas]
  • A. 4th U-boat Flotilla
    The 4th U-boat Flotilla was a training and operational unit of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II, responsible for preparing U-boats and their crews for combat deployment.
  • B. 2nd U-boat Flotilla
    The 2nd U-boat Flotilla was a German Kriegsmarine submarine unit in World War II that operated U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • C. Volksmarine
    The Volksmarine was the navy of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), operating from 1956 until reunification in 1990 as part of the National People's Army.
  • D. Kriegsmarine
    The Kriegsmarine was Nazi Germany’s World War II navy, known for its U-boat campaigns and major role in maritime warfare, especially in the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • E. Rauma-class fast attack craft unit
    The Rauma-class fast attack craft unit is a class of Finnish Navy missile boats designed for coastal defense and high-speed operations in the Baltic Sea.
  • 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 torpedo boat flotillas
Triple: [First Battle of Heligoland Bight, involvedUnit, German torpedo boat flotillas]
Generated description
German torpedo boat flotillas were formations of small, fast attack vessels of the Imperial German Navy used for reconnaissance, escort, and offensive torpedo operations, particularly in the North Sea during World War I.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German torpedo boat flotillas
Target entity description: German torpedo boat flotillas were formations of small, fast attack vessels of the Imperial German Navy used for reconnaissance, escort, and offensive torpedo operations, particularly in the North Sea during World War I.
  • A. 4th U-boat Flotilla
    The 4th U-boat Flotilla was a training and operational unit of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II, responsible for preparing U-boats and their crews for combat deployment.
  • B. 2nd U-boat Flotilla
    The 2nd U-boat Flotilla was a German Kriegsmarine submarine unit in World War II that operated U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • C. Volksmarine
    The Volksmarine was the navy of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), operating from 1956 until reunification in 1990 as part of the National People's Army.
  • D. Kriegsmarine
    The Kriegsmarine was Nazi Germany’s World War II navy, known for its U-boat campaigns and major role in maritime warfare, especially in the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • E. Rauma-class fast attack craft unit
    The Rauma-class fast attack craft unit is a class of Finnish Navy missile boats designed for coastal defense and high-speed operations in the Baltic Sea.
  • 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_69ca84e1ea088190b38162e43d4cfa8f completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdee3f3bac8190a63a81edffe7cda7 completed April 2, 2026, 4:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d317f40f0c8190a3d966c934cc20f7 completed April 6, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d3188886908190ba0a5539ce942980 completed April 6, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d31c4fb8288190bbc6b3d4a79dafb1 completed April 6, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:14 p.m.