Triple

T4134217
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject White Star Line E85110 entity
Predicate competitor P1375 FINISHED
Object Norddeutscher Lloyd
Norddeutscher Lloyd was a major German shipping company based in Bremen, renowned for its transatlantic passenger and cargo services from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
E417540 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: Norddeutscher Lloyd | Statement: [White Star Line, competitor, Norddeutscher Lloyd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norddeutscher Lloyd
Context triple: [White Star Line, competitor, Norddeutscher Lloyd]
  • A. Hamburg America Line
    Hamburg America Line was a major German transatlantic shipping company that operated prominent passenger and cargo services between Europe and the Americas from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
  • B. International Mercantile Marine Company
    The International Mercantile Marine Company was an early 20th-century American shipping trust created by financier J.P. Morgan to consolidate several major transatlantic steamship lines into a single powerful conglomerate.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Hurtigruten AS
    Hurtigruten AS is a Norwegian cruise and ferry company best known for operating passenger and cargo voyages along Norway’s coastal and expedition routes.
  • E. Franklin Line
    The Franklin Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail line serving communities southwest of Boston.
  • 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: Norddeutscher Lloyd
Triple: [White Star Line, competitor, Norddeutscher Lloyd]
Generated description
Norddeutscher Lloyd was a major German shipping company based in Bremen, renowned for its transatlantic passenger and cargo services from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norddeutscher Lloyd
Target entity description: Norddeutscher Lloyd was a major German shipping company based in Bremen, renowned for its transatlantic passenger and cargo services from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
  • A. Hamburg America Line
    Hamburg America Line was a major German transatlantic shipping company that operated prominent passenger and cargo services between Europe and the Americas from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
  • B. International Mercantile Marine Company
    The International Mercantile Marine Company was an early 20th-century American shipping trust created by financier J.P. Morgan to consolidate several major transatlantic steamship lines into a single powerful conglomerate.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Hurtigruten AS
    Hurtigruten AS is a Norwegian cruise and ferry company best known for operating passenger and cargo voyages along Norway’s coastal and expedition routes.
  • E. Franklin Line
    The Franklin Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail line serving communities southwest of Boston.
  • 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_69aed935ccd881909dc61f81bcdb7a78 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af023190608190bcc929c5996b7378 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b57f2bb38c819090884069688063d2 completed March 14, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b57fad66e08190a973186c19659ee8 completed March 14, 2026, 3:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58028e7108190a6c92fc9ea300f9e completed March 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.