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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
associatedOperation
chosen
Indicates that one entity is linked to or involved with a particular operation, process, or activity.
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B.
operationOf
Indicates that one entity is the function, activity, or process carried out by another entity (such as a system, device, or organization).
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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.
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D.
involvesOperator
Indicates that a given process, action, or relationship includes or makes use of a specific operator as a participating element.
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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.