Triple

T2329441
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IJN battleship Yamashiro E48365 entity
Predicate commanderAtSurigaoStrait P18453 FINISHED
Object Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura
Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander during World War II, noted for leading a force that was destroyed in the Battle of Surigao Strait.
E262027 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura | Statement: [IJN battleship Yamashiro, commanderAtSurigaoStrait, Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura
Context triple: [IJN battleship Yamashiro, commanderAtSurigaoStrait, Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura]
  • A. Rear Admiral Chūichi Hara
    Rear Admiral Chūichi Hara was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and aircraft carrier task force commander who played a prominent role in early Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
  • B. Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
    Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for commanding carrier and surface forces in key early Pacific War battles, including the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway.
  • C. Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta
    Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and carrier task force commander during World War II, known for leading air operations in several major Pacific battles.
  • D. Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō
    Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander in World War II, noted for leading major surface forces in the Solomon Islands campaign and other key Pacific naval operations.
  • E. Admiral Seiichi Itō
    Admiral Seiichi Itō was a senior Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for leading the battleship Yamato’s final, doomed sortie in 1945.
  • 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: Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura
Triple: [IJN battleship Yamashiro, commanderAtSurigaoStrait, Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura]
Generated description
Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander during World War II, noted for leading a force that was destroyed in the Battle of Surigao Strait.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura
Target entity description: Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander during World War II, noted for leading a force that was destroyed in the Battle of Surigao Strait.
  • A. Rear Admiral Chūichi Hara
    Rear Admiral Chūichi Hara was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and aircraft carrier task force commander who played a prominent role in early Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
  • B. Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
    Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for commanding carrier and surface forces in key early Pacific War battles, including the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway.
  • C. Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta
    Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and carrier task force commander during World War II, known for leading air operations in several major Pacific battles.
  • D. Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō
    Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander in World War II, noted for leading major surface forces in the Solomon Islands campaign and other key Pacific naval operations.
  • E. Admiral Seiichi Itō
    Admiral Seiichi Itō was a senior Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for leading the battleship Yamato’s final, doomed sortie in 1945.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: commanderAtSurigaoStrait
Context triple: [IJN battleship Yamashiro, commanderAtSurigaoStrait, Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura]
  • A. commanderJapan
    Indicates that an entity serves as the military commander of Japan or of Japanese forces.
  • B. fleetCommander chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer or overall leader in charge of the operations and decisions of a fleet associated with another entity.
  • C. surrenderedCommander
    Indicates that one commander formally yielded authority or control to another, typically as part of a surrender.
  • D. JapaneseAirCommander
    Indicates that one entity serves as a Japanese air force commander in relation to another entity or context.
  • E. navalSupportCommander
    Indicates a relationship where one entity serves as the commander responsible for directing or overseeing naval support operations for another entity or mission.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a88aa308a88190b0b86c011fda7fce completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abcc30c5e881908c5d526d7e7491d0 completed March 7, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aeb3be86dc8190af185bac9554e7d6 completed March 9, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aeb46f882881909294a3698ead865e completed March 9, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aeb4c715a88190b1009a2cf1d95441 completed March 9, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abc5926d048190a535e3f23d41de2a completed March 7, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:50 p.m.