Triple

T11823622
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SS Great Western E281200 entity
Predicate soldTo P7792 FINISHED
Object Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a major British shipping line that operated transatlantic and other international mail and passenger services from the 19th to the early 20th century.
 E948402 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: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company | Statement: [SS Great Western, soldTo, Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Context triple: [SS Great Western, soldTo, Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Barrow Line
    The Barrow Line is a branch of Ireland’s inland waterway network that links the Grand Canal to the River Barrow, forming part of a historic navigation route through the country.
  • D. Brocklebank shipping company
    Brocklebank shipping company was a prominent British maritime firm involved in international trade and shipping during the 18th to 20th centuries.
  • E. Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
    The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is a long-established ferry operator providing passenger and freight services between the Isle of Man and ports in Great Britain and Ireland.
  • 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: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Triple: [SS Great Western, soldTo, Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]
Generated description
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a major British shipping line that operated transatlantic and other international mail and passenger services from the 19th to the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Target entity description: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a major British shipping line that operated transatlantic and other international mail and passenger services from the 19th to the early 20th century.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Barrow Line
    The Barrow Line is a branch of Ireland’s inland waterway network that links the Grand Canal to the River Barrow, forming part of a historic navigation route through the country.
  • D. Brocklebank shipping company
    Brocklebank shipping company was a prominent British maritime firm involved in international trade and shipping during the 18th to 20th centuries.
  • E. Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
    The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is a long-established ferry operator providing passenger and freight services between the Isle of Man and ports in Great Britain and Ireland.
  • 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_69d6ab276f8c8190b1966a0ef11349ac completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a5e9c50481909b2287a0b23d2094 completed April 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f131f4e2ec8190a78c101e17eaa5c0 completed April 28, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f14e8a1b788190a1704d6e102342e3 completed April 29, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f15715a1588190ba0ec21647adc57c completed April 29, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.