Triple
T10325988
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Norman B. Ream |
E242762
|
entity |
| Predicate | boardMemberOf |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object | International Mercantile Marine Company |
E415221
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: International Mercantile Marine Company | Statement: [Norman B. Ream, boardMemberOf, International Mercantile Marine Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Mercantile Marine Company Context triple: [Norman B. Ream, boardMemberOf, International Mercantile Marine Company]
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A.
International Mercantile Marine Company
chosen
The International Mercantile Marine Company was an early 20th-century American shipping trust created by financier J.P. Morgan to consolidate several major transatlantic steamship lines into a single powerful conglomerate.
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B.
White Star Line
White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was a major British shipping and logistics company renowned for its global passenger and cargo services, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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D.
Hamburg America Line
Hamburg America Line was a major German transatlantic shipping company that operated prominent passenger and cargo services between Europe and the Americas from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
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E.
British India Steam Navigation Company
The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d381af787481908bc401325c760a88 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d7cd76348190b93562112300acfc |
completed | April 7, 2026, 10:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d71da93b988190ad568b0677b5d344 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:51 a.m.