Triple
T14557210
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British mission in the Baltic |
E341569
|
entity |
| Predicate | commandedBy |
P1407
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Rear Admiral Walter Cowan
Rear Admiral Walter Cowan was a British Royal Navy officer noted for his aggressive leadership and special operations during World War I and World War II, including actions in the Baltic and North Africa.
|
E1106037
|
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: Rear Admiral Walter Cowan | Statement: [British mission in the Baltic, commandedBy, Rear Admiral Walter Cowan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rear Admiral Walter Cowan Context triple: [British mission in the Baltic, commandedBy, Rear Admiral Walter Cowan]
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A.
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.
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B.
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."
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C.
Rear Admiral Peter Rainier
Rear Admiral Peter Rainier was a British Royal Navy officer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, honored through the naming of several geographic features, including Mount Rainier in Washington State.
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D.
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his service in the Civil War and his influential role in modernizing naval administration and strategy.
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E.
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.
- 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 Walter Cowan Triple: [British mission in the Baltic, commandedBy, Rear Admiral Walter Cowan]
Generated description
Rear Admiral Walter Cowan was a British Royal Navy officer noted for his aggressive leadership and special operations during World War I and World War II, including actions in the Baltic and North Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rear Admiral Walter Cowan Target entity description: Rear Admiral Walter Cowan was a British Royal Navy officer noted for his aggressive leadership and special operations during World War I and World War II, including actions in the Baltic and North Africa.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
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."
-
C.
Rear Admiral Peter Rainier
Rear Admiral Peter Rainier was a British Royal Navy officer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, honored through the naming of several geographic features, including Mount Rainier in Washington State.
-
D.
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen was a 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his service in the Civil War and his influential role in modernizing naval administration and strategy.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69d822db9c8481908213ceb39585f792 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb2f1490881908673f429e5288c86 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd8abde0308190819da6867e703ea7 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 7:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd8bb3c1188190b158d30e9c962911 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd8c6e7d448190835f87e27c998623 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:23 a.m.