Triple
T1956787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Merchant Navy |
E42287
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | UK merchant fleet |
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: UK merchant fleet | Statement: [British Merchant Navy, alsoKnownAs, UK merchant fleet]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UK merchant fleet Context triple: [British Merchant Navy, alsoKnownAs, UK merchant fleet]
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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.
Finnish merchant fleet
The Finnish merchant fleet is the collection of Finland’s commercial cargo and passenger ships engaged in international and domestic maritime trade.
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C.
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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D.
Associated British Ports
Associated British Ports is the United Kingdom’s largest port operator, managing a network of major commercial ports and terminals across the country.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb37c60148190823f6a2a73b949e8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfbca5a7081908f3fa8eaa8f5aa3d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.