Triple
T892493
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Malaya |
E19270
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEngagement |
P1700
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales
The Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales was a pivotal World War II naval disaster in December 1941, when Japanese aircraft destroyed the British battleship off Malaya, marking the end of battleship dominance without air cover.
|
E105944
|
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: Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales | Statement: [Battle of Malaya, notableEngagement, Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales Context triple: [Battle of Malaya, notableEngagement, Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales]
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A.
Sinking of ARA General Belgrano
The Sinking of ARA General Belgrano was a controversial 1982 torpedo attack by the British submarine HMS Conqueror on an Argentine cruiser during the Falklands War, resulting in heavy loss of life and intense political debate.
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B.
HMS Exeter
HMS Exeter was a Royal Navy York-class heavy cruiser best known for its role in World War II, including its participation in the Battle of the River Plate against the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
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C.
Raid on St Nazaire
The Raid on St Nazaire was a daring British commando attack in March 1942 that destroyed the vital Normandie dry dock in German-occupied France, crippling the Kriegsmarine’s ability to service large warships on the Atlantic coast.
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D.
HMS Zulu
HMS Zulu was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War, noted for its operations in the Mediterranean and Arctic waters.
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E.
Attack on Swansea
Attack on Swansea was an early and pivotal 1675 assault on the Plymouth Colony town of Swansea that helped ignite the wider conflict of King Philip's War between New England colonists and Native American tribes.
- 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: Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales Triple: [Battle of Malaya, notableEngagement, Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales]
Generated description
The Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales was a pivotal World War II naval disaster in December 1941, when Japanese aircraft destroyed the British battleship off Malaya, marking the end of battleship dominance without air cover.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales Target entity description: The Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales was a pivotal World War II naval disaster in December 1941, when Japanese aircraft destroyed the British battleship off Malaya, marking the end of battleship dominance without air cover.
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A.
Sinking of ARA General Belgrano
The Sinking of ARA General Belgrano was a controversial 1982 torpedo attack by the British submarine HMS Conqueror on an Argentine cruiser during the Falklands War, resulting in heavy loss of life and intense political debate.
-
B.
HMS Exeter
HMS Exeter was a Royal Navy York-class heavy cruiser best known for its role in World War II, including its participation in the Battle of the River Plate against the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
-
C.
Raid on St Nazaire
The Raid on St Nazaire was a daring British commando attack in March 1942 that destroyed the vital Normandie dry dock in German-occupied France, crippling the Kriegsmarine’s ability to service large warships on the Atlantic coast.
-
D.
HMS Zulu
HMS Zulu was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War, noted for its operations in the Mediterranean and Arctic waters.
-
E.
Attack on Swansea
Attack on Swansea was an early and pivotal 1675 assault on the Plymouth Colony town of Swansea that helped ignite the wider conflict of King Philip's War between New England colonists and Native American tribes.
- 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_69a4939d37188190848be3d426ebc9ae |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ad0304b081908d4c92bb2beadb81 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7c025464081908032939637248635 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:16 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7c227893c8190a4ce35637365014f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7c2f1d0508190ad47eeb8099fd9f9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.