Triple

T15602882
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject USS S-44 E375076 entity
Predicate engagement P1256 FINISHED
Object Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako
The Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako was a World War II naval action in August 1942 in which the Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Kako was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS S-44 near New Ireland following the Battle of Savo Island.
E1166793 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 Japanese cruiser Kako | Statement: [USS S-44, engagement, Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako
Context triple: [USS S-44, engagement, Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako]
  • A. Japanese submarine I-168
    Japanese submarine I-168 was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet submarine best known for its role in the Battle of Midway, where it torpedoed and sank the damaged aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann.
  • B. Ngāti Maru
    Ngāti Maru is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand, traditionally based in the Taranaki region and recognized as a distinct Treaty of Waitangi settlement group.
  • C. Sinking of HMS Repulse
    The Sinking of HMS Repulse was a pivotal early World War II naval disaster in which the British battlecruiser was destroyed by Japanese aircraft off Malaya, demonstrating the vulnerability of capital ships to air power.
  • D. Second Battle of the Java Sea
    The Second Battle of the Java Sea was a World War II naval engagement in early March 1942 in which Japanese forces decisively defeated retreating Allied ships near Java, completing their control over the Dutch East Indies.
  • E. Kaigun-shō
    Kaigun-shō was the government ministry responsible for administering and overseeing the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II.
  • 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 Japanese cruiser Kako
Triple: [USS S-44, engagement, Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako]
Generated description
The Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako was a World War II naval action in August 1942 in which the Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Kako was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS S-44 near New Ireland following the Battle of Savo Island.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako
Target entity description: The Sinking of Japanese cruiser Kako was a World War II naval action in August 1942 in which the Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Kako was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS S-44 near New Ireland following the Battle of Savo Island.
  • A. Japanese submarine I-168
    Japanese submarine I-168 was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet submarine best known for its role in the Battle of Midway, where it torpedoed and sank the damaged aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann.
  • B. Ngāti Maru
    Ngāti Maru is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand, traditionally based in the Taranaki region and recognized as a distinct Treaty of Waitangi settlement group.
  • C. Sinking of HMS Repulse
    The Sinking of HMS Repulse was a pivotal early World War II naval disaster in which the British battlecruiser was destroyed by Japanese aircraft off Malaya, demonstrating the vulnerability of capital ships to air power.
  • D. Second Battle of the Java Sea
    The Second Battle of the Java Sea was a World War II naval engagement in early March 1942 in which Japanese forces decisively defeated retreating Allied ships near Java, completing their control over the Dutch East Indies.
  • E. Kaigun-shō
    Kaigun-shō was the government ministry responsible for administering and overseeing the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II.
  • 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_69d85cce25008190b13b52745fbd719b completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e6399d88190b2c3e781667666d4 completed April 16, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff56d1607c8190a42dc664abe45b32 completed May 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff57c304188190afa695ae88cf0234 completed May 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff5920436c81909addad5bb4566ae9 completed May 9, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:12 a.m.