Triple
T4623998
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Halifax Explosion |
E101051
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainParticipant |
P2434
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
SS Mont-Blanc
SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship laden with explosives whose detonation in 1917 caused the catastrophic Halifax Explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
|
E456306
|
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: SS Mont-Blanc | Statement: [Halifax Explosion, mainParticipant, SS Mont-Blanc]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Mont-Blanc Context triple: [Halifax Explosion, mainParticipant, SS Mont-Blanc]
-
A.
RMS Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner famously sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 during World War I, an event that significantly influenced public opinion against Germany.
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B.
Lusitania
Lusitania was an ancient Roman province on the western Iberian Peninsula, roughly corresponding to much of modern Portugal and part of western Spain.
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C.
HMS Ashanti
HMS Ashanti was a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer that served with distinction during the Second World War in various escort and combat operations.
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D.
RMS Baltic (1903)
RMS Baltic (1903) was a large early 20th-century British ocean liner that served as a transatlantic passenger ship for the White Star Line.
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E.
German light cruiser Breslau
The German light cruiser Breslau was a World War I-era warship that served with the Imperial German Navy and later the Ottoman Navy (as Midilli), participating in key naval operations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
- 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: SS Mont-Blanc Triple: [Halifax Explosion, mainParticipant, SS Mont-Blanc]
Generated description
SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship laden with explosives whose detonation in 1917 caused the catastrophic Halifax Explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Mont-Blanc Target entity description: SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship laden with explosives whose detonation in 1917 caused the catastrophic Halifax Explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
-
A.
RMS Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner famously sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 during World War I, an event that significantly influenced public opinion against Germany.
-
B.
Lusitania
Lusitania was an ancient Roman province on the western Iberian Peninsula, roughly corresponding to much of modern Portugal and part of western Spain.
-
C.
HMS Ashanti
HMS Ashanti was a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer that served with distinction during the Second World War in various escort and combat operations.
-
D.
RMS Baltic (1903)
RMS Baltic (1903) was a large early 20th-century British ocean liner that served as a transatlantic passenger ship for the White Star Line.
-
E.
German light cruiser Breslau
The German light cruiser Breslau was a World War I-era warship that served with the Imperial German Navy and later the Ottoman Navy (as Midilli), participating in key naval operations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
- 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_69bd43d0497c8190ac23c65c5804846a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd5a06d6248190a613be9784dd1ef4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdfaa564988190b565c26b9cd3d3be |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdfb6fa3fc8190b79b641025710eb1 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdfbeddd7c8190955bd3363fec4ca1 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.