Triple
T14125079
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles Dwight Sigsbee |
E340007
|
entity |
| Predicate | eventAssociatedWith |
P4073
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
sinking of USS Maine
The sinking of USS Maine was an 1898 explosion and loss of a U.S. Navy battleship in Havana Harbor that killed most of its crew and helped trigger the Spanish–American War.
|
E1082573
|
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: sinking of USS Maine | Statement: [Charles Dwight Sigsbee, eventAssociatedWith, sinking of USS Maine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sinking of USS Maine Context triple: [Charles Dwight Sigsbee, eventAssociatedWith, sinking of USS Maine]
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A.
sinking of the RMS Lusitania
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania was a 1915 World War I maritime disaster in which a British ocean liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland, causing heavy civilian casualties and intensifying anti-German sentiment.
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B.
Disaster of 1898
The Disaster of 1898 was the decisive defeat of Spain in the Spanish–American War, marking the loss of its last major colonies and the effective end of the Spanish Empire.
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C.
Tonkin Affair
The Tonkin Affair was a late 19th-century French political scandal and military setback in Indochina that provoked fierce parliamentary controversy and ultimately toppled the government of Jules Ferry.
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D.
Capture of Veracruz (1862)
The Capture of Veracruz (1862) was an early French military operation during the intervention in Mexico in which French forces seized the strategic Gulf port city to secure a foothold for their broader campaign.
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E.
Bombardment of San Juan
The Bombardment of San Juan was a U.S. naval attack on the Spanish-held city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1898 during the Spanish–American War.
- 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: sinking of USS Maine Triple: [Charles Dwight Sigsbee, eventAssociatedWith, sinking of USS Maine]
Generated description
The sinking of USS Maine was an 1898 explosion and loss of a U.S. Navy battleship in Havana Harbor that killed most of its crew and helped trigger the Spanish–American War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sinking of USS Maine Target entity description: The sinking of USS Maine was an 1898 explosion and loss of a U.S. Navy battleship in Havana Harbor that killed most of its crew and helped trigger the Spanish–American War.
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A.
sinking of the RMS Lusitania
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania was a 1915 World War I maritime disaster in which a British ocean liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland, causing heavy civilian casualties and intensifying anti-German sentiment.
-
B.
Disaster of 1898
The Disaster of 1898 was the decisive defeat of Spain in the Spanish–American War, marking the loss of its last major colonies and the effective end of the Spanish Empire.
-
C.
Tonkin Affair
The Tonkin Affair was a late 19th-century French political scandal and military setback in Indochina that provoked fierce parliamentary controversy and ultimately toppled the government of Jules Ferry.
-
D.
Capture of Veracruz (1862)
The Capture of Veracruz (1862) was an early French military operation during the intervention in Mexico in which French forces seized the strategic Gulf port city to secure a foothold for their broader campaign.
-
E.
Bombardment of San Juan
The Bombardment of San Juan was a U.S. naval attack on the Spanish-held city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1898 during the Spanish–American War.
- 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_69d81c6a95b481909e39111e0c1f31ee |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de6096976481909dc79066c5165a50 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcdf0a7a7c8190860d8ce47b5f0732 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fce0dec2488190be9c24d3744e7243 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fce206b0588190a0f4b24231d3c365 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 7:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:22 p.m.