Triple

T3846497
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roger D. Lapham E93581 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was a prominent U.S. shipping firm that operated cargo services between the American mainland and Hawaii, particularly active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E394021 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: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company | Statement: [Roger D. Lapham, employer, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Context triple: [Roger D. Lapham, employer, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company]
  • A. White Star Line
    White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Franklin Line
    The Franklin Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail line serving communities southwest of Boston.
  • C. Black Star Line
    Black Star Line was a shipping company established in the early 20th century as part of a broader movement to promote Black economic independence and facilitate the return of the African diaspora to Africa.
  • D. Old Colony Lines
    Old Colony Lines are a group of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail routes connecting Boston with communities in the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts.
  • E. K Line
    K Line is a light rail route in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system serving neighborhoods in South Los Angeles and connecting to key transit hubs.
  • 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: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Triple: [Roger D. Lapham, employer, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company]
Generated description
The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was a prominent U.S. shipping firm that operated cargo services between the American mainland and Hawaii, particularly active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Target entity description: The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was a prominent U.S. shipping firm that operated cargo services between the American mainland and Hawaii, particularly active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. White Star Line
    White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Franklin Line
    The Franklin Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail line serving communities southwest of Boston.
  • C. Black Star Line
    Black Star Line was a shipping company established in the early 20th century as part of a broader movement to promote Black economic independence and facilitate the return of the African diaspora to Africa.
  • D. Old Colony Lines
    Old Colony Lines are a group of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail routes connecting Boston with communities in the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts.
  • E. K Line
    K Line is a light rail route in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system serving neighborhoods in South Los Angeles and connecting to key transit hubs.
  • 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_69aed96ce578819084ab16e3439976c9 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeebcb069881909d3536b18b7802a7 completed March 9, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b50414acdc81909bf0b62afa3fe536 completed March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b50585106c8190aaa1c47b397543ea completed March 14, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b50707d6a4819097f2bca0ebe663b1 completed March 14, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.