Triple

T133001
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States flag E2690 entity
Predicate hasVariant P455 FINISHED
Object U.S. civil ensign
The U.S. civil ensign is a specialized maritime flag used by American civilian vessels to denote their national identity at sea.
E20292 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: U.S. civil ensign | Statement: [United States flag, hasVariant, U.S. civil ensign]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. civil ensign
Context triple: [United States flag, hasVariant, U.S. civil ensign]
  • A. Naval jack of the United States
    The Naval jack of the United States is a maritime flag flown by U.S. Navy ships at the bow, historically featuring a blue field with white stars symbolizing the states of the Union.
  • B. United States flag
    The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
  • C. Grand Union Flag
    The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
  • D. Flag of Bermuda
    The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
  • E. Flag of the President of the United States
    The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
  • 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: U.S. civil ensign
Triple: [United States flag, hasVariant, U.S. civil ensign]
Generated description
The U.S. civil ensign is a specialized maritime flag used by American civilian vessels to denote their national identity at sea.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. civil ensign
Target entity description: The U.S. civil ensign is a specialized maritime flag used by American civilian vessels to denote their national identity at sea.
  • A. Naval jack of the United States
    The Naval jack of the United States is a maritime flag flown by U.S. Navy ships at the bow, historically featuring a blue field with white stars symbolizing the states of the Union.
  • B. United States flag
    The United States flag is the national banner of the United States, featuring thirteen red and white stripes and fifty white stars on a blue field to symbolize the original colonies and current states.
  • C. Grand Union Flag
    The Grand Union Flag was the first national flag of the United States, combining the British Union Jack with thirteen stripes representing the original American colonies during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
  • D. Flag of Bermuda
    The Flag of Bermuda is a British Red Ensign defaced with the territory’s coat of arms, symbolizing its status as a British Overseas Territory and its maritime heritage.
  • E. Flag of the President of the United States
    The Flag of the President of the United States is the official standard displaying the presidential coat of arms on a dark blue field, used to represent the office and presence of the U.S. president.
  • 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_69a2520c0f3481908b0ed054a2fca8d0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257871b8c8190868838837c0058d6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2d73164e48190b993fe55aaba30be completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2da25fb648190bc31b5689cfaf95c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2daa879408190937f8b292389646f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.