Triple
T17238772
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | General Slocum steamship disaster |
E418432
|
entity |
| Predicate | operator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Knickerbocker Steamship Company |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Knickerbocker Steamship Company | Statement: [General Slocum steamship disaster, operator, Knickerbocker Steamship Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knickerbocker Steamship Company Context triple: [General Slocum steamship disaster, operator, Knickerbocker Steamship Company]
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A.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. was a shipping company that operated steamship services between New York and Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Black Star Line
Black Star Line was a shipping company established in the early 20th century as part of a broader movement to promote Black economic independence and facilitate the return of the African diaspora to Africa.
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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.
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D.
Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company
Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company was a regional maritime transport firm that operated passenger and freight steamship services along the New England coast.
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E.
Chatham Lines
Chatham Lines is a historic military and defensive area in Chatham, Kent, known for its preserved fortifications and open green spaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knickerbocker Steamship Company Target entity description: The Knickerbocker Steamship Company was a New York–based steamship line best known as the operator of the excursion vessel General Slocum, which was involved in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history in 1904.
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A.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. was a shipping company that operated steamship services between New York and Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Black Star Line
Black Star Line was a shipping company established in the early 20th century as part of a broader movement to promote Black economic independence and facilitate the return of the African diaspora to Africa.
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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.
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D.
Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company
Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company was a regional maritime transport firm that operated passenger and freight steamship services along the New England coast.
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E.
Chatham Lines
Chatham Lines is a historic military and defensive area in Chatham, Kent, known for its preserved fortifications and open green spaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42dfdc8688190aceb223c19a48781 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.