Triple

T8205721
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IMO Member States E191681 entity
Predicate usesInstrument P933 FINISHED
Object Ballast Water Management Convention
The Ballast Water Management Convention is an international treaty that aims to prevent the spread of harmful aquatic organisms by regulating how ships manage and treat their ballast water.
E719404 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: Ballast Water Management Convention | Statement: [IMO Member States, usesInstrument, Ballast Water Management Convention]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballast Water Management Convention
Context triple: [IMO Member States, usesInstrument, Ballast Water Management Convention]
  • A. Annex VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
    Annex VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is the section of the treaty that establishes and governs the structure, jurisdiction, and procedures of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
  • B. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
    The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is the primary global treaty that sets standards to prevent and minimize pollution from ships, including oil, chemicals, sewage, garbage, and air emissions.
  • C. Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area
    The Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area is an international environmental agreement among Baltic Sea states aimed at preventing and eliminating pollution and protecting the marine ecosystem of the Baltic Sea.
  • D. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
    The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is an international treaty that defines nations’ rights and responsibilities in the world’s oceans, including maritime boundaries, resource exploitation, navigation, and environmental protection.
  • E. Baltic Sea Action Plan
    The Baltic Sea Action Plan is a regional environmental strategy coordinated by the Helsinki Commission to restore the ecological health of the Baltic Sea through targeted measures on pollution, biodiversity, maritime activities, and eutrophication.
  • 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: Ballast Water Management Convention
Triple: [IMO Member States, usesInstrument, Ballast Water Management Convention]
Generated description
The Ballast Water Management Convention is an international treaty that aims to prevent the spread of harmful aquatic organisms by regulating how ships manage and treat their ballast water.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ballast Water Management Convention
Target entity description: The Ballast Water Management Convention is an international treaty that aims to prevent the spread of harmful aquatic organisms by regulating how ships manage and treat their ballast water.
  • A. Annex VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
    Annex VI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is the section of the treaty that establishes and governs the structure, jurisdiction, and procedures of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
  • B. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
    The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is the primary global treaty that sets standards to prevent and minimize pollution from ships, including oil, chemicals, sewage, garbage, and air emissions.
  • C. Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area
    The Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area is an international environmental agreement among Baltic Sea states aimed at preventing and eliminating pollution and protecting the marine ecosystem of the Baltic Sea.
  • D. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
    The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is an international treaty that defines nations’ rights and responsibilities in the world’s oceans, including maritime boundaries, resource exploitation, navigation, and environmental protection.
  • E. Baltic Sea Action Plan
    The Baltic Sea Action Plan is a regional environmental strategy coordinated by the Helsinki Commission to restore the ecological health of the Baltic Sea through targeted measures on pollution, biodiversity, maritime activities, and eutrophication.
  • 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_69ca82c7f3e08190857bf1fc63b2a10c completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb726a301c8190a4b2d3d184b7e448 completed March 31, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccedd27bc08190a8109217069a8978 completed April 1, 2026, 10:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccf1b818588190936f96d53bf08c2b completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd05c2059081908bd04ee4722f9aad completed April 1, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:43 p.m.