Triple

T12744708
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pedestal Convoy E304574 entity
Predicate escortCommander P106689 FINISHED
Object Rear Admiral Harold Burrough
Rear Admiral Harold Burrough was a senior Royal Navy officer best known for commanding naval forces in key World War II operations, including the critical Malta relief effort known as Operation Pedestal.
E1002394 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: Rear Admiral Harold Burrough | Statement: [Pedestal Convoy, escortCommander, Rear Admiral Harold Burrough]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rear Admiral Harold Burrough
Context triple: [Pedestal Convoy, escortCommander, Rear Admiral Harold Burrough]
  • A. Rear Admiral George Tarrant
    Rear Admiral George Tarrant is a fictional high-ranking U.S. Navy officer who serves as a central figure and moral anchor in James A. Michener’s Korean War novel and its film adaptation, "The Bridges at Toko-Ri."
  • B. Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender
    Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender was a senior United States Navy officer who played a key leadership role in Allied naval operations during World War II.
  • C. Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen
    Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen was a senior United States Navy officer in World War II, noted for his leadership of cruiser and task force operations in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
  • D. Rear Admiral John M. Bowyer
    Rear Admiral John M. Bowyer was a senior United States Navy officer who rose to flag rank and held prominent leadership and administrative roles in naval personnel management.
  • E. Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf
    Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf was a distinguished Royal Canadian Navy officer renowned for his World War II service and leadership, particularly as commander of the destroyer HMCS Haida.
  • 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: Rear Admiral Harold Burrough
Triple: [Pedestal Convoy, escortCommander, Rear Admiral Harold Burrough]
Generated description
Rear Admiral Harold Burrough was a senior Royal Navy officer best known for commanding naval forces in key World War II operations, including the critical Malta relief effort known as Operation Pedestal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rear Admiral Harold Burrough
Target entity description: Rear Admiral Harold Burrough was a senior Royal Navy officer best known for commanding naval forces in key World War II operations, including the critical Malta relief effort known as Operation Pedestal.
  • A. Rear Admiral George Tarrant
    Rear Admiral George Tarrant is a fictional high-ranking U.S. Navy officer who serves as a central figure and moral anchor in James A. Michener’s Korean War novel and its film adaptation, "The Bridges at Toko-Ri."
  • B. Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender
    Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender was a senior United States Navy officer who played a key leadership role in Allied naval operations during World War II.
  • C. Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen
    Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen was a senior United States Navy officer in World War II, noted for his leadership of cruiser and task force operations in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
  • D. Rear Admiral John M. Bowyer
    Rear Admiral John M. Bowyer was a senior United States Navy officer who rose to flag rank and held prominent leadership and administrative roles in naval personnel management.
  • E. Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf
    Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf was a distinguished Royal Canadian Navy officer renowned for his World War II service and leadership, particularly as commander of the destroyer HMCS Haida.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: escortCommander
Context triple: [Pedestal Convoy, escortCommander, Rear Admiral Harold Burrough]
  • A. sideCommander
    Indicates that an entity serves as the commanding officer or leader in charge of a particular side or faction in a conflict, operation, or organization.
  • B. firstMissionCommander
    Indicates that the subject served as the commander of the object's first mission.
  • C. garrisonCommander
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer in charge of the military garrison located at or associated with another entity.
  • D. commanderAttacker
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer or leader of another entity that is acting as the attacker in a conflict or operation.
  • E. commander
    Indicates that one entity holds authoritative military or organizational control over another entity or group.
  • 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_69d7bdf1426c8190a4402e1c4cdec33a completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96d89ea70819098c470344f172167 completed April 10, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f684ee2ab4819099194d115d2e5a15 completed May 2, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6887fe8a08190b61831a13b656a89 completed May 2, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6890ad3188190be5a5b80e81ab958 completed May 2, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d96406e97c8190b79081039847115c completed April 10, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69d96d87078c819083ea724238992204 completed April 10, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:26 p.m.