Triple

T11986130
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SS Great Eastern E285283 entity
Predicate initialOwner P102740 FINISHED
Object Eastern Steam Navigation Company
The Eastern Steam Navigation Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s giant steamship SS Great Eastern.
E958365 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: Eastern Steam Navigation Company | Statement: [SS Great Eastern, initialOwner, Eastern Steam Navigation Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Steam Navigation Company
Context triple: [SS Great Eastern, initialOwner, Eastern Steam Navigation Company]
  • A. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
    The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • B. British India Steam Navigation Company
    The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • C. Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
    The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a major British shipping line that operated transatlantic and other international mail and passenger services from the 19th to the early 20th century.
  • D. Great Western Steamship Company
    The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
  • E. Chatham Lines
    Chatham Lines is a historic military and defensive area in Chatham, Kent, known for its preserved fortifications and open green spaces.
  • 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: Eastern Steam Navigation Company
Triple: [SS Great Eastern, initialOwner, Eastern Steam Navigation Company]
Generated description
The Eastern Steam Navigation Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s giant steamship SS Great Eastern.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Steam Navigation Company
Target entity description: The Eastern Steam Navigation Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s giant steamship SS Great Eastern.
  • A. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
    The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • B. British India Steam Navigation Company
    The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • C. Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
    The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a major British shipping line that operated transatlantic and other international mail and passenger services from the 19th to the early 20th century.
  • D. Great Western Steamship Company
    The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
  • E. Chatham Lines
    Chatham Lines is a historic military and defensive area in Chatham, Kent, known for its preserved fortifications and open green spaces.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: initialOwner
Context triple: [SS Great Eastern, initialOwner, Eastern Steam Navigation Company]
  • A. primaryOwner
    Indicates that one entity is the main or principal owner of another entity, having the highest level of ownership or control among all possible owners.
  • B. standardOwner
    Indicates that one entity is the primary or default owner of another entity according to a defined standard or convention.
  • C. originalOwnerPosition
    Indicates the position or role held by the entity that was the initial owner of another entity before any transfer or change of ownership.
  • D. ownershipStart
    Indicates the point in time at which an entity begins to own or hold legal possession of another entity.
  • E. partOwner
    Indicates that one entity holds a partial or shared ownership stake in another entity.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903acbb9081908fe7f8360057785c completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f47237c23081909044388ff5dc73b3 completed May 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f47b7c5af08190ab0bff1232530a0c completed May 1, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f47dd51e648190bddd41766221e22d completed May 1, 2026, 10:17 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d902abca70819098291aa51b593708 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69d903a8695c8190bfa9d7ca50834f9f completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.