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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • A. navalArchitecture chosen
    Indicates the design, engineering, and construction-related relationship between entities involved in ships or other marine vessels.
  • B. shipDraft
    Indicates the depth of a ship’s hull below the waterline, typically representing how deeply the vessel sits in the water.
  • C. hullConstruction
    Indicates the process or activity of building, assembling, or forming the main body (hull) of a vessel or similar structure.
  • D. shipyard
    Indicates a relationship where a location functions as a facility for building, repairing, or maintaining ships.
  • 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.