Triple

T8405380

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	USS Essex	`E198482`	entity
Predicate	category	`P87`	FINISHED
Object	Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy The Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy were a large and highly influential class of World War II-era fleet carriers that formed the backbone of U.S. naval air power in the Pacific and continued serving in various roles through the Cold War.	`E732598`	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: Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy | Statement: [USS Essex, category, Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
Context triple: [USS Essex, category, Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy]

A. United States Navy aircraft carriers
United States Navy aircraft carriers are large, nuclear- or conventionally-powered warships that serve as mobile airbases, projecting American naval air power worldwide.
B. Independence-class aircraft carriers
The Independence-class aircraft carriers were a group of light carriers built for the U.S. Navy during World War II by converting Cleveland-class cruiser hulls to provide fast, versatile air support in the Pacific and Atlantic theaters.
C. Midway-class aircraft carrier
The Midway-class aircraft carrier was a class of large U.S. Navy carriers commissioned near the end of World War II that served for decades as key platforms for American naval air power.
D. Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier
The Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy conventionally powered supercarriers that served as a key predecessor to the nuclear-powered Nimitz-class.
E. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered supercarriers that has formed the backbone of American naval air power since the late 20th century.
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: Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
Triple: [USS Essex, category, Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy]

Generated description

The Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy were a large and highly influential class of World War II-era fleet carriers that formed the backbone of U.S. naval air power in the Pacific and continued serving in various roles through the Cold War.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
Target entity description: The Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy were a large and highly influential class of World War II-era fleet carriers that formed the backbone of U.S. naval air power in the Pacific and continued serving in various roles through the Cold War.

A. United States Navy aircraft carriers
United States Navy aircraft carriers are large, nuclear- or conventionally-powered warships that serve as mobile airbases, projecting American naval air power worldwide.
B. Independence-class aircraft carriers
The Independence-class aircraft carriers were a group of light carriers built for the U.S. Navy during World War II by converting Cleveland-class cruiser hulls to provide fast, versatile air support in the Pacific and Atlantic theaters.
C. Midway-class aircraft carrier
The Midway-class aircraft carrier was a class of large U.S. Navy carriers commissioned near the end of World War II that served for decades as key platforms for American naval air power.
D. Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier
The Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy conventionally powered supercarriers that served as a key predecessor to the nuclear-powered Nimitz-class.
E. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered supercarriers that has formed the backbone of American naval air power since the late 20th century.
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_69ca8310df9c8190b25f16161cca3e41`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cb8312941c8190af0b2def0a4e02be`	completed	March 31, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ce02f8596c8190a61b6f1ffd5a609c`	completed	April 2, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ce077f25648190b9a95fb72f5b4f8c`	completed	April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ce08e192088190ad8170b1bedd568d`	completed	April 2, 2026, 6:12 a.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:05 p.m.