Triple

T3889161
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MV Arlanza E88015 entity
Predicate operator P179 FINISHED
Object Royal Mail Lines
Royal Mail Lines was a British shipping company that operated passenger and cargo services, particularly on routes between the United Kingdom and South America, during the first half of the 20th century.
E397890 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: Royal Mail Lines | Statement: [MV Arlanza, operator, Royal Mail Lines]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Mail Lines
Context triple: [MV Arlanza, operator, Royal Mail Lines]
  • A. Royal Mail
    Royal Mail is the United Kingdom’s long-established national postal service and courier company responsible for mail collection and delivery across the country and internationally.
  • B. British Post Office
    The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
  • C. Trenchard Lines
    Trenchard Lines is a British Army barracks and military headquarters complex located near the village of Upavon in Wiltshire, England.
  • D. Imperial Airways
    Imperial Airways was a pioneering British commercial airline of the interwar period that operated international routes across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
  • E. British Caledonian
    British Caledonian was a former independent British airline known for its international routes and distinctive tartan branding before being absorbed into British Airways.
  • 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: Royal Mail Lines
Triple: [MV Arlanza, operator, Royal Mail Lines]
Generated description
Royal Mail Lines was a British shipping company that operated passenger and cargo services, particularly on routes between the United Kingdom and South America, during the first half of the 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Mail Lines
Target entity description: Royal Mail Lines was a British shipping company that operated passenger and cargo services, particularly on routes between the United Kingdom and South America, during the first half of the 20th century.
  • A. Royal Mail
    Royal Mail is the United Kingdom’s long-established national postal service and courier company responsible for mail collection and delivery across the country and internationally.
  • B. British Post Office
    The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
  • C. Trenchard Lines
    Trenchard Lines is a British Army barracks and military headquarters complex located near the village of Upavon in Wiltshire, England.
  • D. Imperial Airways
    Imperial Airways was a pioneering British commercial airline of the interwar period that operated international routes across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
  • E. British Caledonian
    British Caledonian was a former independent British airline known for its international routes and distinctive tartan branding before being absorbed into British Airways.
  • 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_69aed9466d548190939f5217a23ed4ac completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeecaee7148190ada451ccfc6582ee completed March 9, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51c8f299c8190a6a53ec59837b402 completed March 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51d51e52881908f798b12ee123d69 completed March 14, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51dba68fc8190b02b0ca47f4f7803 completed March 14, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:21 p.m.