Triple

T11574923
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject USS Johnston (DD-557) E274477 entity
Predicate successorNamesake P33571 FINISHED
Object USS Johnston (DD-821)
USS Johnston (DD-821) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the post–World War II era, named in honor of the famed World War II destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) and her commanding officer, Commander Ernest E. Evans.
 E943210 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: USS Johnston (DD-821) | Statement: [USS Johnston (DD-557), successorNamesake, USS Johnston (DD-821)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: USS Johnston (DD-821)
Context triple: [USS Johnston (DD-557), successorNamesake, USS Johnston (DD-821)]
  • A. USS Johnston (DD-557)
    USS Johnston (DD-557) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy renowned for its heroic, outgunned charge against a superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
  • B. USS Callaghan (DD-792)
    USS Callaghan (DD-792) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in World War II and was named in honor of Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan.
  • C. USS Maddox (DD-731)
    USS Maddox (DD-731) was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for its controversial role in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, which helped escalate American involvement in the Vietnam War.
  • D. USS Farragut (DD-348)
    USS Farragut (DD-348) was a United States Navy Farragut-class destroyer commissioned in the 1930s that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II.
  • E. USS The Sullivans (DD-537)
    USS The Sullivans (DD-537) is a World War II–era Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, preserved as a museum ship and named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers who died in combat.
  • 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: USS Johnston (DD-821)
Triple: [USS Johnston (DD-557), successorNamesake, USS Johnston (DD-821)]
Generated description
USS Johnston (DD-821) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the post–World War II era, named in honor of the famed World War II destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) and her commanding officer, Commander Ernest E. Evans.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: USS Johnston (DD-821)
Target entity description: USS Johnston (DD-821) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in the post–World War II era, named in honor of the famed World War II destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) and her commanding officer, Commander Ernest E. Evans.
  • A. USS Johnston (DD-557)
    USS Johnston (DD-557) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the U.S. Navy renowned for its heroic, outgunned charge against a superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
  • B. USS Callaghan (DD-792)
    USS Callaghan (DD-792) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served in World War II and was named in honor of Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan.
  • C. USS Maddox (DD-731)
    USS Maddox (DD-731) was a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for its controversial role in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, which helped escalate American involvement in the Vietnam War.
  • D. USS Farragut (DD-348)
    USS Farragut (DD-348) was a United States Navy Farragut-class destroyer commissioned in the 1930s that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II.
  • E. USS The Sullivans (DD-537)
    USS The Sullivans (DD-537) is a World War II–era Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, preserved as a museum ship and named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers who died in combat.
  • 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_69d6aae5ac3c81908d2b0a3a665665b2 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d89048120c81908258f984711f7dd4 completed April 10, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f018d260488190a8c716787247797f completed April 28, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f0319271788190a105828ae7582668 completed April 28, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f05a44dcb88190a0bb57b0c8fef6b9 completed April 28, 2026, 6:57 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.