Triple

T4619697
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Antarctic Survey E100946 entity
Predicate operatesVessel P13018 FINISHED
Object RRS Ernest Shackleton
RRS Ernest Shackleton is a British polar research and logistics vessel used primarily to support scientific operations in the Antarctic.
 E460853 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: RRS Ernest Shackleton | Statement: [British Antarctic Survey, operatesVessel, RRS Ernest Shackleton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: RRS Ernest Shackleton
Context triple: [British Antarctic Survey, operatesVessel, RRS Ernest Shackleton]
  • A. RRS Discovery
    RRS Discovery is a British Royal Research Ship best known as the Antarctic exploration vessel used by Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton during the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904).
  • B. RRS James Clark Ross
    RRS James Clark Ross is a British polar research vessel designed for scientific exploration and logistical support in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
  • C. HMS Erebus
    HMS Erebus was a British Royal Navy bomb vessel later converted for polar exploration, best known for its ill-fated role in Sir John Franklin’s 19th-century Arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
  • D. RV Nathaniel B. Palmer
    RV Nathaniel B. Palmer is an American icebreaking research vessel used for scientific expeditions in Antarctic waters.
  • E. RRS Charles Darwin
    RRS Charles Darwin was a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council and used primarily for oceanographic and marine geological research.
  • 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: RRS Ernest Shackleton
Triple: [British Antarctic Survey, operatesVessel, RRS Ernest Shackleton]
Generated description
RRS Ernest Shackleton is a British polar research and logistics vessel used primarily to support scientific operations in the Antarctic.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: RRS Ernest Shackleton
Target entity description: RRS Ernest Shackleton is a British polar research and logistics vessel used primarily to support scientific operations in the Antarctic.
  • A. RRS Discovery
    RRS Discovery is a British Royal Research Ship best known as the Antarctic exploration vessel used by Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton during the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904).
  • B. RRS James Clark Ross
    RRS James Clark Ross is a British polar research vessel designed for scientific exploration and logistical support in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
  • C. HMS Erebus
    HMS Erebus was a British Royal Navy bomb vessel later converted for polar exploration, best known for its ill-fated role in Sir John Franklin’s 19th-century Arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
  • D. RV Nathaniel B. Palmer
    RV Nathaniel B. Palmer is an American icebreaking research vessel used for scientific expeditions in Antarctic waters.
  • E. RRS Charles Darwin
    RRS Charles Darwin was a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council and used primarily for oceanographic and marine geological research.
  • 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_69bd43cf363c819087fd5ab441b4a3f4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd59e3e6948190925e2cfad20dcc8c completed March 20, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be035a44f08190900bc6898a40e4e9 completed March 21, 2026, 2:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be03e3e290819080ff03c0b43296fa completed March 21, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be04af089c8190b6b0dfae4bb71b4a completed March 21, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:12 p.m.