Triple

T10903554
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject sinking of the RMS Lusitania E257507 entity
Predicate attacker P2363 FINISHED
Object German U-boat U-20
German U-boat U-20 was an Imperial German Navy submarine from World War I, best known for torpedoing the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania in 1915, an event that significantly influenced public opinion against Germany.
E893324 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 U-20 | Statement: [sinking of the RMS Lusitania, attacker, German U-boat U-20]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German U-boat U-20
Context triple: [sinking of the RMS Lusitania, attacker, German U-boat U-20]
  • A. German U-boat U-47
    German U-boat U-47 was a World War II German submarine commanded by Günther Prien, best known for its daring and highly successful 1939 raid into the British naval base at Scapa Flow.
  • B. German submarine U-96
    German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life inspiration for the novel and film "Das Boot."
  • C. German submarine U-75
    German submarine U-75 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and commerce raiding before being sunk in 1941.
  • D. U-9
    U-9 was a German World War I U-boat famed for its early and dramatic successes in submarine warfare, including the sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
  • E. German submarine U-616
    German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
  • 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 U-20
Triple: [sinking of the RMS Lusitania, attacker, German U-boat U-20]
Generated description
German U-boat U-20 was an Imperial German Navy submarine from World War I, best known for torpedoing the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania in 1915, an event that significantly influenced public opinion against Germany.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German U-boat U-20
Target entity description: German U-boat U-20 was an Imperial German Navy submarine from World War I, best known for torpedoing the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania in 1915, an event that significantly influenced public opinion against Germany.
  • A. German U-boat U-47
    German U-boat U-47 was a World War II German submarine commanded by Günther Prien, best known for its daring and highly successful 1939 raid into the British naval base at Scapa Flow.
  • B. German submarine U-96
    German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life inspiration for the novel and film "Das Boot."
  • C. German submarine U-75
    German submarine U-75 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and commerce raiding before being sunk in 1941.
  • D. U-9
    U-9 was a German World War I U-boat famed for its early and dramatic successes in submarine warfare, including the sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
  • E. German submarine U-616
    German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
  • 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_69d6aa8550c8819095508a2ed9acf3db completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d761a5dffc8190927b0928978646a4 completed April 9, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e216c69b088190b8fa192cd8fe23ed completed April 17, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e21d860d288190855ffbe60df50df9 completed April 17, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e21f09be508190a7c497a7680cb59e completed April 17, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:22 p.m.