Triple

T14907480
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stonington, Connecticut sealing fleet E371171 entity
Predicate maritimeDomain P51623 FINISHED
Object New England maritime trade
New England maritime trade was a historically significant network of coastal and transoceanic commerce centered in the northeastern United States, involving fishing, whaling, sealing, shipbuilding, and international shipping routes that linked the region to markets around the world.
E794361 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: New England maritime trade | Statement: [Stonington, Connecticut sealing fleet, maritimeDomain, New England maritime trade]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New England maritime trade
Context triple: [Stonington, Connecticut sealing fleet, maritimeDomain, New England maritime trade]
  • A. New England merchants
    New England merchants were early 19th-century American traders and shipowners whose Atlantic commerce and maritime interests made them politically influential and especially sensitive to federal trade restrictions and wartime policies.
  • B. New England ice trade
    The New England ice trade was a 19th-century industry centered in the northeastern United States that harvested, stored, and shipped natural ice worldwide for use in food preservation, drinks, and refrigeration before mechanical cooling became widespread.
  • C. South Atlantic trade routes
    South Atlantic trade routes are key maritime corridors connecting South America, Africa, and Europe, vital for the movement of commercial shipping, resources, and naval operations across the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • D. New England colonial fleet
    The New England colonial fleet was a late 17th-century naval force assembled by the English colonies in New England to conduct maritime military operations, particularly against French-held territories in North America.
  • E. Atlantic trade routes
    Atlantic trade routes are major maritime shipping corridors across the Atlantic Ocean that connect ports in North America, Europe, Africa, and beyond for international trade and transport.
  • 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: New England maritime trade
Triple: [Stonington, Connecticut sealing fleet, maritimeDomain, New England maritime trade]
Generated description
New England maritime trade was a historically significant network of coastal and transoceanic commerce centered in the northeastern United States, involving fishing, whaling, sealing, shipbuilding, and international shipping routes that linked the region to markets around the world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New England maritime trade
Target entity description: New England maritime trade was a historically significant network of coastal and transoceanic commerce centered in the northeastern United States, involving fishing, whaling, sealing, shipbuilding, and international shipping routes that linked the region to markets around the world.
  • A. New England merchants
    New England merchants were early 19th-century American traders and shipowners whose Atlantic commerce and maritime interests made them politically influential and especially sensitive to federal trade restrictions and wartime policies.
  • B. New England ice trade chosen
    The New England ice trade was a 19th-century industry centered in the northeastern United States that harvested, stored, and shipped natural ice worldwide for use in food preservation, drinks, and refrigeration before mechanical cooling became widespread.
  • C. South Atlantic trade routes
    South Atlantic trade routes are key maritime corridors connecting South America, Africa, and Europe, vital for the movement of commercial shipping, resources, and naval operations across the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • D. New England colonial fleet
    The New England colonial fleet was a late 17th-century naval force assembled by the English colonies in New England to conduct maritime military operations, particularly against French-held territories in North America.
  • E. Atlantic trade routes
    Atlantic trade routes are major maritime shipping corridors across the Atlantic Ocean that connect ports in North America, Europe, Africa, and beyond for international trade and transport.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d85cc7ea3481908228b5acb7d06f12 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded61b3c808190b4f6df4e5cb401ad completed April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe72b91cbc8190af5a3e2db460bacc completed May 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe73cd384c8190afae8f2715fcc21a completed May 8, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe74d510808190a2379a2380fc327e completed May 8, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:23 a.m.