Triple

T16254605

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	SS Maheno	`E394596`	entity
Predicate	builtFor	`P1261`	FINISHED
Object	Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand The Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand was a major Australasian shipping line that operated an extensive fleet of passenger and cargo vessels across New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific from the late 19th to mid-20th century.	`E1202479`	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: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand | Statement: [SS Maheno, builtFor, Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
Context triple: [SS Maheno, builtFor, Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand]

A. Brocklebank shipping company
Brocklebank shipping company was a prominent British maritime firm involved in international trade and shipping during the 18th to 20th centuries.
B. Eastern Steam Navigation Company
The Eastern Steam Navigation Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s giant steamship SS Great Eastern.
C. Great Western Steamship Company
The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
D. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was a prominent U.S. shipping firm that operated cargo services between the American mainland and Hawaii, particularly active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
Triple: [SS Maheno, builtFor, Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand]

Generated description

The Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand was a major Australasian shipping line that operated an extensive fleet of passenger and cargo vessels across New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific from the late 19th to mid-20th century.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
Target entity description: The Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand was a major Australasian shipping line that operated an extensive fleet of passenger and cargo vessels across New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific from the late 19th to mid-20th century.

A. Brocklebank shipping company
Brocklebank shipping company was a prominent British maritime firm involved in international trade and shipping during the 18th to 20th centuries.
B. Eastern Steam Navigation Company
The Eastern Steam Navigation Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s giant steamship SS Great Eastern.
C. Great Western Steamship Company
The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
D. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was a prominent U.S. shipping firm that operated cargo services between the American mainland and Hawaii, particularly active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816`	completed	April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e24599861881908b9235f005d80a96`	completed	April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a000ee9bc4c8190bb7e54ed2ad162b3`	completed	May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a0011995ff481908bbca9f9cfb41bf0`	completed	May 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a0012669ff48190884367b92962a6d4`	completed	May 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.