Triple

T17298447
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David MacIver E419972 entity
Predicate coFounded P104 FINISHED
Object British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company E948402 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 and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company | Statement: [David MacIver, coFounded, British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Context triple: [David MacIver, coFounded, British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]
  • A. Royal Mail Steam Packet Company chosen
    The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a major British shipping line that operated transatlantic and other international mail and passenger services from the 19th to the early 20th century.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. British India Steam Navigation Company
    The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • E. Barrow Line
    The Barrow Line is a branch of Ireland’s inland waterway network that links the Grand Canal to the River Barrow, forming part of a historic navigation route through the country.
  • 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_69d886db32608190a61e18862c5a8af6 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e438f82788819088ea796850552297 completed April 19, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01954afb088190a92a0f32f901f13f completed May 11, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:41 a.m.