Triple

T11640691
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U.S. Navy Pacific Squadron operations in California E276651 entity
Predicate commandedBy P1407 FINISHED
Object Commodore William Branford Shubrick
Commodore William Branford Shubrick was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his leadership in key naval operations, including command roles during the Mexican–American War.
E940083 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: Commodore William Branford Shubrick | Statement: [U.S. Navy Pacific Squadron operations in California, commandedBy, Commodore William Branford Shubrick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commodore William Branford Shubrick
Context triple: [U.S. Navy Pacific Squadron operations in California, commandedBy, Commodore William Branford Shubrick]
  • A. Commodore Henry A. Walke
    Commodore Henry A. Walke was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service, particularly during the American Civil War.
  • B. Rear Admiral John Henry Russell
    Rear Admiral John Henry Russell was a senior United States Navy officer honored for his distinguished service, including command roles that led to a World War II destroyer being named after him.
  • C. Rear Admiral John H. Newton
    Rear Admiral John H. Newton was a senior United States Navy flag officer who held key leadership and administrative roles during his naval career.
  • D. Rear Admiral Silas H. Stringham
    Rear Admiral Silas H. Stringham was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his long service, including command roles during the Mexican–American War and early Civil War coastal operations.
  • E. Rear Admiral George W. Melville
    Rear Admiral George W. Melville was a prominent 19th-century U.S. Navy engineer and Arctic explorer who played a key role in advancing American naval engineering and polar exploration.
  • 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: Commodore William Branford Shubrick
Triple: [U.S. Navy Pacific Squadron operations in California, commandedBy, Commodore William Branford Shubrick]
Generated description
Commodore William Branford Shubrick was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his leadership in key naval operations, including command roles during the Mexican–American War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commodore William Branford Shubrick
Target entity description: Commodore William Branford Shubrick was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his leadership in key naval operations, including command roles during the Mexican–American War.
  • A. Commodore Henry A. Walke
    Commodore Henry A. Walke was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service, particularly during the American Civil War.
  • B. Rear Admiral John Henry Russell
    Rear Admiral John Henry Russell was a senior United States Navy officer honored for his distinguished service, including command roles that led to a World War II destroyer being named after him.
  • C. Rear Admiral John H. Newton
    Rear Admiral John H. Newton was a senior United States Navy flag officer who held key leadership and administrative roles during his naval career.
  • D. Rear Admiral Silas H. Stringham
    Rear Admiral Silas H. Stringham was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his long service, including command roles during the Mexican–American War and early Civil War coastal operations.
  • E. Rear Admiral George W. Melville
    Rear Admiral George W. Melville was a prominent 19th-century U.S. Navy engineer and Arctic explorer who played a key role in advancing American naval engineering and polar exploration.
  • 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_69d6aafa51148190ab84940694c00235 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a260ab488190ab1c00d9850f3096 completed April 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef137087248190bb6c196bc94eb0f6 completed April 27, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef354b3b3c8190b1c91dbf9c705a7d completed April 27, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ef5170ce9881908f2ecf3d5ada809a completed April 27, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.