Triple

T3650048
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject North Sea theatre of World War I E77396 entity
Predicate involvedOperation P5667 FINISHED
Object British distant blockade of Germany
The British distant blockade of Germany was a World War I naval strategy that used the Royal Navy’s control of the North Sea to cut off Germany’s maritime trade and supplies, aiming to weaken its economy and war effort.
E376523 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: British distant blockade of Germany | Statement: [North Sea theatre of World War I, involvedOperation, British distant blockade of Germany]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British distant blockade of Germany
Context triple: [North Sea theatre of World War I, involvedOperation, British distant blockade of Germany]
  • A. British naval blockade of Europe
    The British naval blockade of Europe was a Royal Navy strategy during the Napoleonic Wars that aimed to strangle French trade and weaken Napoleon’s empire by controlling maritime access to the European continent.
  • B. Allied naval blockade of Germany
    The Allied naval blockade of Germany was a World War II maritime strategy by the Allies to restrict German seaborne trade and supplies, aiming to weaken its war economy and military capabilities.
  • C. Tirpitz Plan
    The Tirpitz Plan was a pre–World War I German naval expansion program that aimed to build a powerful battle fleet to challenge British maritime supremacy.
  • D. Continental System
    The Continental System was Napoleon Bonaparte’s large-scale economic blockade strategy aimed at weakening Britain by prohibiting European trade with the United Kingdom during the Napoleonic Wars.
  • E. North Sea minefields
    The North Sea minefields were extensive defensive and offensive naval mine barriers laid primarily by the British and Germans during both World Wars to disrupt enemy shipping and protect coastal waters.
  • 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 distant blockade of Germany
Triple: [North Sea theatre of World War I, involvedOperation, British distant blockade of Germany]
Generated description
The British distant blockade of Germany was a World War I naval strategy that used the Royal Navy’s control of the North Sea to cut off Germany’s maritime trade and supplies, aiming to weaken its economy and war effort.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British distant blockade of Germany
Target entity description: The British distant blockade of Germany was a World War I naval strategy that used the Royal Navy’s control of the North Sea to cut off Germany’s maritime trade and supplies, aiming to weaken its economy and war effort.
  • A. British naval blockade of Europe
    The British naval blockade of Europe was a Royal Navy strategy during the Napoleonic Wars that aimed to strangle French trade and weaken Napoleon’s empire by controlling maritime access to the European continent.
  • B. Allied naval blockade of Germany
    The Allied naval blockade of Germany was a World War II maritime strategy by the Allies to restrict German seaborne trade and supplies, aiming to weaken its war economy and military capabilities.
  • C. Tirpitz Plan
    The Tirpitz Plan was a pre–World War I German naval expansion program that aimed to build a powerful battle fleet to challenge British maritime supremacy.
  • D. Continental System
    The Continental System was Napoleon Bonaparte’s large-scale economic blockade strategy aimed at weakening Britain by prohibiting European trade with the United Kingdom during the Napoleonic Wars.
  • E. North Sea minefields
    The North Sea minefields were extensive defensive and offensive naval mine barriers laid primarily by the British and Germans during both World Wars to disrupt enemy shipping and protect coastal waters.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: involvedOperation
Context triple: [North Sea theatre of World War I, involvedOperation, British distant blockade of Germany]
  • A. associatedOperation chosen
    Indicates that one entity is linked to or involved with a particular operation, process, or activity.
  • B. operationOf
    Indicates that one entity is the function, activity, or process carried out by another entity (such as a system, device, or organization).
  • C. inOperationFrom
    Indicates that an entity (such as a facility, service, or system) is actively functioning or available starting from a specified point in time.
  • D. involvesOperator
    Indicates that a given process, action, or relationship includes or makes use of a specific operator as a participating element.
  • E. involves
    Indicates that an entity participates in, is a part of, or is implicated within a particular event, process, or relationship.
  • 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_69ad85def5cc8190863dccf55a18bebb completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc38fa1988190b630329700afc3dd completed March 8, 2026, 6:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b44f4002948190af41072962006f51 completed March 13, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4531590408190b6048b6b0335eb0a completed March 13, 2026, 6:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b466719c788190a70d8338b45c28ab completed March 13, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69adb8445b2c8190ab07f6ad4e010d0e completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:24 p.m.