Triple

T7832529
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Andrea Gail E181607 entity
Predicate crewMember P2094 FINISHED
Object Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr.
Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr. was an American commercial swordfishing captain best known for commanding the ill-fated Andrea Gail during the 1991 "Perfect Storm," later popularized by the book and film of the same name.
E699319 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: Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr. | Statement: [Andrea Gail, crewMember, Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr.
Context triple: [Andrea Gail, crewMember, Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr.]
  • A. Captain Bill Owens
    Captain Bill Owens is the skilled and level-headed submarine commander who leads the miniaturized crew on their perilous mission inside a human body in the science fiction film "Fantastic Voyage."
  • B. Captain Roy Brown
    Captain Roy Brown was a Canadian World War I flying ace best known for his role in the aerial engagement that led to the death of the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen.
  • C. Captain Nathan Brittles
    Captain Nathan Brittles is an aging, duty-bound U.S. Cavalry officer in the film "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," known for his stoic leadership and reflective final days before retirement on the American frontier.
  • D. Jeremiah O’Brien
    Jeremiah O’Brien was an American Revolutionary War naval captain from Maine who led one of the first naval engagements against the British at the Battle of Machias in 1775.
  • E. Captain Benjamin Tyreen
    Captain Benjamin Tyreen is a proud, hot-tempered Irish-born Confederate cavalry officer who becomes Major Dundee’s bitter rival and uneasy ally in the 1965 Western film "Major Dundee."
  • 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: Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr.
Triple: [Andrea Gail, crewMember, Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr.]
Generated description
Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr. was an American commercial swordfishing captain best known for commanding the ill-fated Andrea Gail during the 1991 "Perfect Storm," later popularized by the book and film of the same name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr.
Target entity description: Captain William "Billy" Tyne Jr. was an American commercial swordfishing captain best known for commanding the ill-fated Andrea Gail during the 1991 "Perfect Storm," later popularized by the book and film of the same name.
  • A. Captain Bill Owens
    Captain Bill Owens is the skilled and level-headed submarine commander who leads the miniaturized crew on their perilous mission inside a human body in the science fiction film "Fantastic Voyage."
  • B. Captain Roy Brown
    Captain Roy Brown was a Canadian World War I flying ace best known for his role in the aerial engagement that led to the death of the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen.
  • C. Captain Nathan Brittles
    Captain Nathan Brittles is an aging, duty-bound U.S. Cavalry officer in the film "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," known for his stoic leadership and reflective final days before retirement on the American frontier.
  • D. Jeremiah O’Brien
    Jeremiah O’Brien was an American Revolutionary War naval captain from Maine who led one of the first naval engagements against the British at the Battle of Machias in 1775.
  • E. Captain Benjamin Tyreen
    Captain Benjamin Tyreen is a proud, hot-tempered Irish-born Confederate cavalry officer who becomes Major Dundee’s bitter rival and uneasy ally in the 1965 Western film "Major Dundee."
  • 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_69ca8284a25c8190a1a20afad30da792 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb0648bb308190a34fbcd81ff6fda2 completed March 30, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5a906b908190a204779950555edc completed March 31, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb762ce6208190a24438e26ae83785 completed March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cbb615dc248190b57b4fc7c430517f completed March 31, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:45 p.m.