Triple

T4180333
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SS Canberra E86577 entity
Predicate owner P347 FINISHED
Object Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
E419968 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: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company | Statement: [SS Canberra, owner, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Context triple: [SS Canberra, owner, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]
  • A. British India Steam Navigation Company
    The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • 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. John Swire & Sons
    John Swire & Sons is a British-based diversified conglomerate and holding company with major interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, and trading, particularly focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
  • E. Great Western Steamship Company
    The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
  • 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: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Triple: [SS Canberra, owner, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]
Generated description
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Target entity description: The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • A. British India Steam Navigation Company
    The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • 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. John Swire & Sons
    John Swire & Sons is a British-based diversified conglomerate and holding company with major interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, and trading, particularly focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
  • E. Great Western Steamship Company
    The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
  • 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_69aed93de98c8190ad838ce507b77c8a completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af0302972c819082f6e1938ed417c4 completed March 9, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b589f89f4481909f95d3ca915bac18 completed March 14, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58e0446d48190a1fd54bcc72af026 completed March 14, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58e8d57cc8190a823a7cf3a3f0cdf completed March 14, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m.