Triple

T16079579
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject HMS Barham E390068 entity
Predicate sunkBy P4687 FINISHED
Object German submarine U-331
German submarine U-331 was a German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known for torpedoing and sinking the British battleship HMS Barham in 1941.
E1193034 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: German submarine U-331 | Statement: [HMS Barham, sunkBy, German submarine U-331]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German submarine U-331
Context triple: [HMS Barham, sunkBy, German submarine U-331]
  • A. German submarine U-616
    German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
  • B. German submarine U-96
    German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life inspiration for the novel and film "Das Boot."
  • C. German submarine U-565
    German submarine U-565 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated primarily in the Mediterranean during World War II, conducting patrols and attacks against Allied shipping.
  • D. German submarine U-557
    German submarine U-557 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and engaging Allied naval vessels.
  • E. German submarine U-410
    German submarine U-410 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that conducted several patrols in the Mediterranean during World War II, sinking multiple Allied vessels.
  • 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: German submarine U-331
Triple: [HMS Barham, sunkBy, German submarine U-331]
Generated description
German submarine U-331 was a German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known for torpedoing and sinking the British battleship HMS Barham in 1941.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German submarine U-331
Target entity description: German submarine U-331 was a German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known for torpedoing and sinking the British battleship HMS Barham in 1941.
  • A. German submarine U-616
    German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
  • B. German submarine U-96
    German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life inspiration for the novel and film "Das Boot."
  • C. German submarine U-565
    German submarine U-565 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated primarily in the Mediterranean during World War II, conducting patrols and attacks against Allied shipping.
  • D. German submarine U-557
    German submarine U-557 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and engaging Allied naval vessels.
  • E. German submarine U-410
    German submarine U-410 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that conducted several patrols in the Mediterranean during World War II, sinking multiple Allied vessels.
  • 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_69d86daf32ec8190a8c0466c8f49c3c0 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e18448bebc8190b0e84b1da097bf8b completed April 17, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffe48adec081909623355eabee472c completed May 10, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffe6af1c4081908b57f4dc485fbb14 completed May 10, 2026, 2 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffe769d56081908f723e92d327e315 completed May 10, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:57 a.m.