Triple
T17238785
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | General Slocum steamship disaster |
E418432
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entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sultana steamboat disaster
The Sultana steamboat disaster was an 1865 Mississippi River maritime catastrophe in which an overloaded steamboat exploded and sank, killing an estimated 1,200–1,800 people, many of them recently released Union soldiers, making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
|
E1258042
|
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: Sultana steamboat disaster | Statement: [General Slocum steamship disaster, precededBy, Sultana steamboat disaster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sultana steamboat disaster Context triple: [General Slocum steamship disaster, precededBy, Sultana steamboat disaster]
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A.
SS Eastland wreck
The SS Eastland wreck is the remains of a passenger steamship that tragically capsized in the Chicago River in 1915, resulting in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in Great Lakes history.
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B.
General Slocum steamship disaster
The General Slocum steamship disaster was a 1904 New York City ferry fire and sinking that killed over a thousand people, becoming one of the deadliest maritime tragedies in U.S. history.
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C.
Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck
The Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck is the remains of a famous American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a 1975 storm on Lake Superior, becoming one of the region’s most legendary maritime disasters.
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D.
Sultana
Sultana is an alternative name for Mount Foraker, a prominent peak in the Alaska Range and one of the highest mountains in North America.
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E.
S.S. Columbia
S.S. Columbia is a large, early-20th-century-style ocean liner attraction and landmark docked in the American Waterfront port of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park.
- 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: Sultana steamboat disaster Triple: [General Slocum steamship disaster, precededBy, Sultana steamboat disaster]
Generated description
The Sultana steamboat disaster was an 1865 Mississippi River maritime catastrophe in which an overloaded steamboat exploded and sank, killing an estimated 1,200–1,800 people, many of them recently released Union soldiers, making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sultana steamboat disaster Target entity description: The Sultana steamboat disaster was an 1865 Mississippi River maritime catastrophe in which an overloaded steamboat exploded and sank, killing an estimated 1,200–1,800 people, many of them recently released Union soldiers, making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
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A.
SS Eastland wreck
The SS Eastland wreck is the remains of a passenger steamship that tragically capsized in the Chicago River in 1915, resulting in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in Great Lakes history.
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B.
General Slocum steamship disaster
The General Slocum steamship disaster was a 1904 New York City ferry fire and sinking that killed over a thousand people, becoming one of the deadliest maritime tragedies in U.S. history.
-
C.
Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck
The Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck is the remains of a famous American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a 1975 storm on Lake Superior, becoming one of the region’s most legendary maritime disasters.
-
D.
Sultana
Sultana is an alternative name for Mount Foraker, a prominent peak in the Alaska Range and one of the highest mountains in North America.
-
E.
S.S. Columbia
S.S. Columbia is a large, early-20th-century-style ocean liner attraction and landmark docked in the American Waterfront port of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park.
- 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42dfdc8688190aceb223c19a48781 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01676596a48190ae17a411b86e613e |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0168a45fc881908540d142db1ed1e9 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a01692c44c881908cd986ad6cf10596 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.