Triple

T14304881
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject HMS Cornwallis E354668 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object British China Station forces
The British China Station forces were a formation of Royal Navy warships and supporting units tasked with protecting British interests and maintaining naval presence in East Asian waters during the age of empire.
E1091702 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: British China Station forces | Statement: [HMS Cornwallis, partOf, British China Station forces]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British China Station forces
Context triple: [HMS Cornwallis, partOf, British China Station forces]
  • A. British Forces Overseas Hong Kong
    British Forces Overseas Hong Kong was the collective term for the British Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force units stationed in Hong Kong during the period of British colonial rule.
  • B. Chinese Expeditionary Force
    The Chinese Expeditionary Force was a Nationalist Chinese army group that fought alongside Allied forces in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, particularly in Burma against Japanese forces.
  • C. China Expeditionary Army
    The China Expeditionary Army was a major Imperial Japanese Army command responsible for overseeing and conducting large-scale military operations in Japanese-occupied China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
  • D. British Far East Command
    The British Far East Command was a World War II-era British military command responsible for coordinating the defense of British territories and interests in East and Southeast Asia, including areas such as Hong Kong, Malaya, and Singapore.
  • E. Far East Land Forces
    Far East Land Forces was a British Army command responsible for overseeing and coordinating land operations in the Far East region during the mid-20th century.
  • 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: British China Station forces
Triple: [HMS Cornwallis, partOf, British China Station forces]
Generated description
The British China Station forces were a formation of Royal Navy warships and supporting units tasked with protecting British interests and maintaining naval presence in East Asian waters during the age of empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British China Station forces
Target entity description: The British China Station forces were a formation of Royal Navy warships and supporting units tasked with protecting British interests and maintaining naval presence in East Asian waters during the age of empire.
  • A. British Forces Overseas Hong Kong
    British Forces Overseas Hong Kong was the collective term for the British Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force units stationed in Hong Kong during the period of British colonial rule.
  • B. Chinese Expeditionary Force
    The Chinese Expeditionary Force was a Nationalist Chinese army group that fought alongside Allied forces in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, particularly in Burma against Japanese forces.
  • C. China Expeditionary Army
    The China Expeditionary Army was a major Imperial Japanese Army command responsible for overseeing and conducting large-scale military operations in Japanese-occupied China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
  • D. British Far East Command
    The British Far East Command was a World War II-era British military command responsible for coordinating the defense of British territories and interests in East and Southeast Asia, including areas such as Hong Kong, Malaya, and Singapore.
  • E. Far East Land Forces
    Far East Land Forces was a British Army command responsible for overseeing and coordinating land operations in the Far East region during the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69d8278ed42c8190b9f882dcce611347 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de85afabe48190926d6098047f4bcf completed April 14, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd3d2a56a4819095b5c2164b1ad9fb completed May 8, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd3edf42788190b50b1144a7de41df completed May 8, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd3fbd931081908ba0b1838d9be49c completed May 8, 2026, 1:43 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:12 a.m.