Triple
T2051272
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | USS Buck (DD-420) |
E45573
|
entity |
| Predicate | sunkBy |
P4687
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
German submarine U-616
German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
|
E229054
|
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: German submarine U-616 | Statement: [USS Buck (DD-420), sunkBy, German submarine U-616]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German submarine U-616 Context triple: [USS Buck (DD-420), sunkBy, German submarine U-616]
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A.
German tanker Altmark
The German tanker Altmark was a World War II-era naval auxiliary ship of Nazi Germany, best known for its role in the 1940 Altmark Incident involving the rescue of British prisoners in Norwegian waters.
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B.
U-505 submarine
The U-505 submarine is a captured German World War II U-boat preserved as a historic naval artifact and war prize.
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C.
Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Graf Spee was a German "pocket battleship" (heavy cruiser) of the Kriegsmarine famed for its commerce raiding in the South Atlantic and its scuttling after the Battle of the River Plate early in World War II.
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D.
Japanese submarine I-168
Japanese submarine I-168 was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet submarine best known for its role in the Battle of Midway, where it torpedoed and sank the damaged aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann.
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E.
German battleship Bismarck
The German battleship Bismarck was a powerful World War II Kriegsmarine warship famed for sinking HMS Hood and later being hunted down and destroyed by the Royal Navy in the Atlantic.
- 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: German submarine U-616 Triple: [USS Buck (DD-420), sunkBy, German submarine U-616]
Generated description
German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German submarine U-616 Target entity description: German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
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A.
German tanker Altmark
The German tanker Altmark was a World War II-era naval auxiliary ship of Nazi Germany, best known for its role in the 1940 Altmark Incident involving the rescue of British prisoners in Norwegian waters.
-
B.
U-505 submarine
The U-505 submarine is a captured German World War II U-boat preserved as a historic naval artifact and war prize.
-
C.
Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Graf Spee was a German "pocket battleship" (heavy cruiser) of the Kriegsmarine famed for its commerce raiding in the South Atlantic and its scuttling after the Battle of the River Plate early in World War II.
-
D.
Japanese submarine I-168
Japanese submarine I-168 was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet submarine best known for its role in the Battle of Midway, where it torpedoed and sank the damaged aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann.
-
E.
German battleship Bismarck
The German battleship Bismarck was a powerful World War II Kriegsmarine warship famed for sinking HMS Hood and later being hunted down and destroyed by the Royal Navy in the Atlantic.
- 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_69a8891948208190ab7898da21824c77 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb98f5f4881908d9aa0f10be44041 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae2009951881909d562821fef39c88 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae20fbcd30819099499853d7dc2cc4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae216d450c8190ad2ecfdafa2354c7 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.