Triple
T16977017
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MMMBT |
E411839
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
CSS Virginia (Merrimac)
CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) was a Confederate ironclad warship famous for its historic 1862 clash with the USS Monitor during the American Civil War, marking a turning point in naval warfare.
|
E1243603
|
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: CSS Virginia (Merrimac) | Statement: [MMMBT, namedAfter, CSS Virginia (Merrimac)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CSS Virginia (Merrimac) Context triple: [MMMBT, namedAfter, CSS Virginia (Merrimac)]
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A.
Merrimac
Merrimac is a small New England town in northeastern Massachusetts known for its residential character and proximity to the New Hampshire border.
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B.
Dahlgren
Dahlgren is a Swedish surname borne by various notable individuals, including figures in music, politics, and academia.
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C.
SS Virginian
SS Virginian is the fictional transatlantic ocean liner on which the pianist protagonist lives his entire life in the film "The Legend of 1900."
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D.
Charleston Battery
Charleston Battery is a professional American soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, known as one of the oldest continuously operating lower-division teams in the United States.
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E.
Virginia Admiral
Virginia Admiral was an American painter and poet associated with the mid-20th-century New York art scene and the mother of actor Robert De Niro.
- 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: CSS Virginia (Merrimac) Triple: [MMMBT, namedAfter, CSS Virginia (Merrimac)]
Generated description
CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) was a Confederate ironclad warship famous for its historic 1862 clash with the USS Monitor during the American Civil War, marking a turning point in naval warfare.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CSS Virginia (Merrimac) Target entity description: CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) was a Confederate ironclad warship famous for its historic 1862 clash with the USS Monitor during the American Civil War, marking a turning point in naval warfare.
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A.
Merrimac
Merrimac is a small New England town in northeastern Massachusetts known for its residential character and proximity to the New Hampshire border.
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B.
Dahlgren
Dahlgren is a Swedish surname borne by various notable individuals, including figures in music, politics, and academia.
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C.
SS Virginian
SS Virginian is the fictional transatlantic ocean liner on which the pianist protagonist lives his entire life in the film "The Legend of 1900."
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D.
Charleston Battery
Charleston Battery is a professional American soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, known as one of the oldest continuously operating lower-division teams in the United States.
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E.
Virginia Admiral
Virginia Admiral was an American painter and poet associated with the mid-20th-century New York art scene and the mother of actor Robert De Niro.
- 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_69d886ca8f348190812768ea8d5055ce |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3d184f2cc81908ac629c8f87696f8 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00d4755ffc8190a5c861462e33d526 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00d687aed88190915e20e8fa517a2b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00d6ecbf60819095e3f8418a84d485 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.