Triple

T3797617
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Russian battleship Retvizan E91610 entity
Predicate builder P3143 FINISHED
Object William Cramp & Sons
William Cramp & Sons was a prominent American shipbuilding company based in Philadelphia, known for constructing major naval and commercial vessels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E389129 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: William Cramp & Sons | Statement: [Russian battleship Retvizan, builder, William Cramp & Sons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cramp & Sons
Context triple: [Russian battleship Retvizan, builder, William Cramp & Sons]
  • A. Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
    Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company was a prominent Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based on the River Clyde, renowned for constructing major Royal Navy warships and commercial vessels during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  • B. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
    Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipbuilding company, particularly prominent in the early to mid-20th century for constructing numerous naval and commercial vessels.
  • C. New York Shipbuilding Corporation
    New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
    Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • E. New England Shipbuilding Corporation
    New England Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II-era American shipyard in South Portland, Maine, known for mass-producing Liberty ships for the U.S. war effort.
  • 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: William Cramp & Sons
Triple: [Russian battleship Retvizan, builder, William Cramp & Sons]
Generated description
William Cramp & Sons was a prominent American shipbuilding company based in Philadelphia, known for constructing major naval and commercial vessels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cramp & Sons
Target entity description: William Cramp & Sons was a prominent American shipbuilding company based in Philadelphia, known for constructing major naval and commercial vessels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
    Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company was a prominent Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based on the River Clyde, renowned for constructing major Royal Navy warships and commercial vessels during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  • B. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
    Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipbuilding company, particularly prominent in the early to mid-20th century for constructing numerous naval and commercial vessels.
  • C. New York Shipbuilding Corporation
    New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
    Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
  • E. New England Shipbuilding Corporation
    New England Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II-era American shipyard in South Portland, Maine, known for mass-producing Liberty ships for the U.S. war effort.
  • 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_69aed96354f48190a768966d6bd19b04 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aee7a0818481909460197929ebb8e4 completed March 9, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4f061a9e481908d16ae0aa44e2f16 completed March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4f25fab648190abbded4d44357c54 completed March 14, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4f314a63c8190a76ed8f4bd21eaf5 completed March 14, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:15 p.m.