Triple
T17021477
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British world-system |
E412955
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedInstrument |
P933
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British merchant marine |
E42287
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: British merchant marine | Statement: [British world-system, usedInstrument, British merchant marine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British merchant marine Context triple: [British world-system, usedInstrument, British merchant marine]
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A.
British merchant navy
chosen
The British merchant navy is the United Kingdom’s civilian commercial shipping fleet, responsible for transporting goods and passengers worldwide under the British flag.
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B.
British coastal shipping network
The British coastal shipping network was a system of maritime trade routes and services linking ports around the coast of Britain for the transport of goods and passengers.
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C.
United States merchant marine
The United States merchant marine is the civilian fleet of U.S.-registered commercial ships and their crews that transport goods and services in peacetime and serve as a naval auxiliary in times of war or national emergency.
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D.
Allied merchant shipping
Allied merchant shipping refers to the civilian cargo and transport vessels of the Allied powers in both World Wars that carried vital supplies and were heavily attacked, especially by German U-boats, in efforts to disrupt their logistics and war effort.
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E.
English navy
The English navy was the maritime military force of the Kingdom of England, playing a central role in its defense, exploration, and expansion as a major seafaring power.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d886cc4170819093deddc7b8b4b6a7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3d5d0dc848190a267f8542dfb86a6 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a011b4f9dfc819085639edb5cda1cca |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.