Triple

T1573901
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Operation Dynamo E33603 entity
Predicate used P98 FINISHED
Object the "Little Ships" of Dunkirk
The "Little Ships" of Dunkirk were a flotilla of hundreds of civilian vessels—such as fishing boats, pleasure craft, and ferries—mobilized to help evacuate Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk during World War II.
E179571 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: the "Little Ships" of Dunkirk | Statement: [Operation Dynamo, used, the "Little Ships" of Dunkirk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the "Little Ships" of Dunkirk
Context triple: [Operation Dynamo, used, the "Little Ships" of Dunkirk]
  • A. Allied air raids on Dunkirk
    Allied air raids on Dunkirk were bombing operations carried out by British and other Allied air forces against the German-held French port city during World War II to disrupt enemy logistics and military infrastructure.
  • B. Dunkirk pocket
    The Dunkirk pocket was a World War II encirclement of Allied forces in northern France that led to their mass evacuation across the English Channel in 1940.
  • C. Dunkirk
    Dunkirk is a 2017 war film directed by Christopher Nolan that depicts the World War II evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France.
  • D. Dunkirk
    Dunkirk is a coastal town in northern France best known as the site of the World War II evacuation of Allied troops in 1940.
  • E. Battle of Dunkirk
    The Battle of Dunkirk was a crucial 1940 World War II engagement in which Allied forces, surrounded by German troops in northern France, were evacuated across the English Channel in the massive Dunkirk evacuation.
  • 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: the "Little Ships" of Dunkirk
Triple: [Operation Dynamo, used, the "Little Ships" of Dunkirk]
Generated description
The "Little Ships" of Dunkirk were a flotilla of hundreds of civilian vessels—such as fishing boats, pleasure craft, and ferries—mobilized to help evacuate Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk during World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the "Little Ships" of Dunkirk
Target entity description: The "Little Ships" of Dunkirk were a flotilla of hundreds of civilian vessels—such as fishing boats, pleasure craft, and ferries—mobilized to help evacuate Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk during World War II.
  • A. Allied air raids on Dunkirk
    Allied air raids on Dunkirk were bombing operations carried out by British and other Allied air forces against the German-held French port city during World War II to disrupt enemy logistics and military infrastructure.
  • B. Dunkirk pocket
    The Dunkirk pocket was a World War II encirclement of Allied forces in northern France that led to their mass evacuation across the English Channel in 1940.
  • C. Dunkirk
    Dunkirk is a coastal town in northern France best known as the site of the World War II evacuation of Allied troops in 1940.
  • D. Dunkirk
    Dunkirk is a 2017 war film directed by Christopher Nolan that depicts the World War II evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France.
  • E. Battle of Dunkirk
    The Battle of Dunkirk was a crucial 1940 World War II engagement in which Allied forces, surrounded by German troops in northern France, were evacuated across the English Channel in the massive Dunkirk evacuation.
  • 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_69a885f27a4c8190a4622252cdf54c00 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908bcd87881908b911314a30dd327 completed March 5, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad4028bc5881909dbe847229dd63bb completed March 8, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad41930d208190b34531e3f35fa58b completed March 8, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad422752348190b42ebc3781a6e8a5 completed March 8, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.