Triple
T4267007
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kongō-class battlecruiser |
E96848
|
entity |
| Predicate | navalArchitect |
P17956
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Thurston
George Thurston was a naval architect known for his role in designing major warships, including early 20th-century battlecruisers such as the Kongō class.
|
E445565
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: George Thurston | Statement: [Kongō-class battlecruiser, navalArchitect, George Thurston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Thurston Context triple: [Kongō-class battlecruiser, navalArchitect, George Thurston]
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A.
Augustus Johnston
Augustus Johnston was a colonial-era official and attorney in Rhode Island, notably serving as the colony’s attorney general around the time of the American Revolution.
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B.
George Wheeler
George Wheeler was a 19th-century American surveyor and army officer best known for leading the Wheeler Survey, a major U.S. government exploration and mapping expedition of the American West.
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C.
William Harrell Nellis
William Harrell Nellis was a decorated American World War II fighter pilot whose combat service and sacrifice led to a major U.S. Air Force base being named in his honor.
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D.
Thomas S. Tait
Thomas S. Tait was a prominent Scottish modernist architect known for major public and commercial buildings in the early 20th century, including landmark works in Edinburgh and London.
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E.
George Travis
George Travis is a veteran concert and theater producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen, including work on the acclaimed stage production "Springsteen on Broadway."
- 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: George Thurston Triple: [Kongō-class battlecruiser, navalArchitect, George Thurston]
Generated description
George Thurston was a naval architect known for his role in designing major warships, including early 20th-century battlecruisers such as the Kongō class.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Thurston Target entity description: George Thurston was a naval architect known for his role in designing major warships, including early 20th-century battlecruisers such as the Kongō class.
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A.
Augustus Johnston
Augustus Johnston was a colonial-era official and attorney in Rhode Island, notably serving as the colony’s attorney general around the time of the American Revolution.
-
B.
George Wheeler
George Wheeler was a 19th-century American surveyor and army officer best known for leading the Wheeler Survey, a major U.S. government exploration and mapping expedition of the American West.
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C.
William Harrell Nellis
William Harrell Nellis was a decorated American World War II fighter pilot whose combat service and sacrifice led to a major U.S. Air Force base being named in his honor.
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D.
Thomas S. Tait
Thomas S. Tait was a prominent Scottish modernist architect known for major public and commercial buildings in the early 20th century, including landmark works in Edinburgh and London.
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E.
George Travis
George Travis is a veteran concert and theater producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen, including work on the acclaimed stage production "Springsteen on Broadway."
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: navalArchitect Context triple: [Kongō-class battlecruiser, navalArchitect, George Thurston]
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A.
navalArchitecture
chosen
Indicates the design, engineering, and construction-related relationship between entities involved in ships or other marine vessels.
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B.
shipDraft
Indicates the depth of a ship’s hull below the waterline, typically representing how deeply the vessel sits in the water.
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C.
hullConstruction
Indicates the process or activity of building, assembling, or forming the main body (hull) of a vessel or similar structure.
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D.
shipyard
Indicates a relationship where a location functions as a facility for building, repairing, or maintaining ships.
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E.
navalStandardType
Indicates the specific naval standard or classification system under which an entity (such as a vessel, equipment, or procedure) is defined or regulated.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69b34543f06c8190915ebb1a4574ffa9 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34fce710481909d90ed4a3d150fde |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bb60f8a35481909fffa4af531400eb |
completed | March 19, 2026, 2:35 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bb69473a608190ab7cc20714e6214f |
completed | March 19, 2026, 3:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bb69baaa148190aa005e5bf45b9cd5 |
completed | March 19, 2026, 3:12 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69b347f8dcb08190a725c1f7fb5a7466 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.