Triple
T18517310
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hugh MacLennan |
E452497
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasSubject |
P450
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Halifax Explosion |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Halifax Explosion | Statement: [Hugh MacLennan, hasSubject, Halifax Explosion]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Halifax Explosion Context triple: [Hugh MacLennan, hasSubject, Halifax Explosion]
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A.
Halifax Explosion
chosen
The Halifax Explosion was a devastating 1917 maritime disaster in Nova Scotia, Canada, when a munitions-laden ship exploded in Halifax Harbour, killing thousands and leveling much of the city.
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B.
sinking of the RMS Lusitania
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania was a 1915 World War I maritime disaster in which a British ocean liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland, causing heavy civilian casualties and intensifying anti-German sentiment.
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C.
Dogger Bank incident
The Dogger Bank incident was an October 1904 naval confrontation in the North Sea during the Russo-Japanese War, when Russian warships mistakenly fired on British fishing vessels, nearly provoking war between Russia and the United Kingdom.
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D.
Corfu Channel incident
The Corfu Channel incident was a 1946 naval confrontation between the United Kingdom and Albania in the Strait of Corfu that led to significant loss of life and became a landmark case in international law before the International Court of Justice.
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E.
Zeebrugge Raid
The Zeebrugge Raid was a British naval assault during World War I aimed at blocking the Belgian port of Zeebrugge to restrict German U-boat access to the North Sea.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8d386df84819092355ebb260d848e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5338b2cd0819095db59f6bfc70814 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:36 a.m.