Triple

T2344930
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt E45108 entity
Predicate killedIn P870 FINISHED
Object 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.
E257507 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: sinking of the RMS Lusitania | Statement: [Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, killedIn, sinking of the RMS Lusitania]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Context triple: [Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, killedIn, sinking of the RMS Lusitania]
  • A. Halifax Explosion
    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.
  • B. Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales
    The Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales was a pivotal World War II naval disaster in December 1941, when Japanese aircraft destroyed the British battleship off Malaya, marking the end of battleship dominance without air cover.
  • C. Sinking of ARA General Belgrano
    The Sinking of ARA General Belgrano was a controversial 1982 torpedo attack by the British submarine HMS Conqueror on an Argentine cruiser during the Falklands War, resulting in heavy loss of life and intense political debate.
  • D. Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet
    The Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet was a World War I naval operation in which British and allied forces contained and neutralized Russia’s German-opposed Baltic Fleet by restricting its movement and access to the wider seas.
  • E. Sinking of HMS Repulse
    The Sinking of HMS Repulse was a pivotal early World War II naval disaster in which the British battlecruiser was destroyed by Japanese aircraft off Malaya, demonstrating the vulnerability of capital ships to air power.
  • 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: sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Triple: [Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, killedIn, sinking of the RMS Lusitania]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Halifax Explosion
    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.
  • B. Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales
    The Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales was a pivotal World War II naval disaster in December 1941, when Japanese aircraft destroyed the British battleship off Malaya, marking the end of battleship dominance without air cover.
  • C. Sinking of ARA General Belgrano
    The Sinking of ARA General Belgrano was a controversial 1982 torpedo attack by the British submarine HMS Conqueror on an Argentine cruiser during the Falklands War, resulting in heavy loss of life and intense political debate.
  • D. Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet
    The Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet was a World War I naval operation in which British and allied forces contained and neutralized Russia’s German-opposed Baltic Fleet by restricting its movement and access to the wider seas.
  • E. Sinking of HMS Repulse
    The Sinking of HMS Repulse was a pivotal early World War II naval disaster in which the British battlecruiser was destroyed by Japanese aircraft off Malaya, demonstrating the vulnerability of capital ships to air power.
  • 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_69a88917935081909b755dbf38e81024 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc6afe38c81909deb1de2a1c4eda9 completed March 7, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae9628059481909c96a7661bc87a73 completed March 9, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae9727a28881909eebc67189dfc856 completed March 9, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae9795cf048190bc7a01ef86c12138 completed March 9, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:52 p.m.