Triple

T2747354
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Methil Docks E60899 entity
Predicate connectedTo P37 FINISHED
Object British coastal shipping network
The British coastal shipping network was a system of maritime trade routes and services linking ports around the coast of Britain for the transport of goods and passengers.
E296123 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: British coastal shipping network | Statement: [Methil Docks, connectedTo, British coastal shipping network]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British coastal shipping network
Context triple: [Methil Docks, connectedTo, British coastal shipping network]
  • A. British merchant navy
    The British merchant navy is the United Kingdom’s civilian commercial shipping fleet, responsible for transporting goods and passengers worldwide under the British flag.
  • B. Irish Sea ferry network
    The Irish Sea ferry network is a system of passenger and freight ferry routes linking ports in Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and surrounding islands across the Irish Sea.
  • C. British Isles maritime region
    The British Isles maritime region is the collective network of surrounding seas, channels, and coastal waters that encircle and connect the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and their smaller neighboring islands.
  • D. United Kingdom coastline
    The United Kingdom coastline is the extensive, irregular shore boundary of the island nation, encompassing cliffs, beaches, estuaries, and inlets along the Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, English Channel, and Irish Sea.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: British coastal shipping network
Triple: [Methil Docks, connectedTo, British coastal shipping network]
Generated description
The British coastal shipping network was a system of maritime trade routes and services linking ports around the coast of Britain for the transport of goods and passengers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British coastal shipping network
Target entity description: The British coastal shipping network was a system of maritime trade routes and services linking ports around the coast of Britain for the transport of goods and passengers.
  • A. British merchant navy
    The British merchant navy is the United Kingdom’s civilian commercial shipping fleet, responsible for transporting goods and passengers worldwide under the British flag.
  • B. Irish Sea ferry network
    The Irish Sea ferry network is a system of passenger and freight ferry routes linking ports in Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and surrounding islands across the Irish Sea.
  • C. British Isles maritime region
    The British Isles maritime region is the collective network of surrounding seas, channels, and coastal waters that encircle and connect the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and their smaller neighboring islands.
  • D. United Kingdom coastline
    The United Kingdom coastline is the extensive, irregular shore boundary of the island nation, encompassing cliffs, beaches, estuaries, and inlets along the Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, English Channel, and Irish Sea.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ab4b79846081909096725374d65ce9 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb4ff7b08190b72edb6a2bc5fd19 completed March 7, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbd341a88190ae0f5eb94a6fdc92 completed March 10, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbd8563248190af593099ecae84ee completed March 10, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbdb28a708190bbd4bc6632b8e137 completed March 10, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.