Triple
T4623999
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Halifax Explosion |
E101051
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainParticipant |
P2434
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
SS Imo
SS Imo was a Norwegian cargo ship best known for its catastrophic collision with the munitions-laden SS Mont-Blanc in 1917, which triggered the devastating Halifax Explosion.
|
E456307
|
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 Imo | Statement: [Halifax Explosion, mainParticipant, SS Imo]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Imo Context triple: [Halifax Explosion, mainParticipant, SS Imo]
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A.
SS Maheno
SS Maheno was an early 20th-century ocean liner that later became a famous shipwreck landmark on Fraser Island, Australia.
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B.
M/V Columbia
M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
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C.
SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
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D.
M/V Fairweather
M/V Fairweather is a high-speed catamaran ferry that operated in Alaska’s Marine Highway System, providing fast passenger and vehicle service between coastal communities.
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E.
M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
- 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 Imo Triple: [Halifax Explosion, mainParticipant, SS Imo]
Generated description
SS Imo was a Norwegian cargo ship best known for its catastrophic collision with the munitions-laden SS Mont-Blanc in 1917, which triggered the devastating Halifax Explosion.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Imo Target entity description: SS Imo was a Norwegian cargo ship best known for its catastrophic collision with the munitions-laden SS Mont-Blanc in 1917, which triggered the devastating Halifax Explosion.
-
A.
SS Maheno
SS Maheno was an early 20th-century ocean liner that later became a famous shipwreck landmark on Fraser Island, Australia.
-
B.
M/V Columbia
M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
-
C.
SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
-
D.
M/V Fairweather
M/V Fairweather is a high-speed catamaran ferry that operated in Alaska’s Marine Highway System, providing fast passenger and vehicle service between coastal communities.
-
E.
M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
- 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.