Triple

T13633584
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject HMS Matabele E325786 entity
Predicate convoyEscort P65241 FINISHED
Object Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union
The Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union were World War II Allied naval operations that transported vital supplies through the perilous, icy waters of the Arctic Ocean to support the Soviet war effort against Nazi Germany.
E1049971 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union | Statement: [HMS Matabele, convoyEscort, Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union
Context triple: [HMS Matabele, convoyEscort, Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union]
  • A. Arctic theatre of World War II
    The Arctic theatre of World War II was the high-latitude front encompassing naval, air, and land operations in and around the Arctic Ocean, northern Scandinavia, and the Soviet far north, where harsh polar conditions shaped the conflict between Allied and Axis forces.
  • B. Allied convoy system
    The Allied convoy system was a World War II naval strategy that grouped merchant ships under warship escort to protect them from German U-boat attacks in the Atlantic.
  • C. Operation Hannibal
    Operation Hannibal was a massive World War II German naval evacuation effort that transported hundreds of thousands of civilians and military personnel from East Prussia and other Baltic regions ahead of the advancing Soviet Army.
  • D. Soviet submarine campaign in the Baltic Sea
    The Soviet submarine campaign in the Baltic Sea was a series of underwater operations by the Soviet Navy aimed at disrupting Axis maritime traffic and supply lines in the Baltic during World War II.
  • E. Battle of the Atlantic
    The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 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: Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union
Triple: [HMS Matabele, convoyEscort, Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union]
Generated description
The Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union were World War II Allied naval operations that transported vital supplies through the perilous, icy waters of the Arctic Ocean to support the Soviet war effort against Nazi Germany.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union
Target entity description: The Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union were World War II Allied naval operations that transported vital supplies through the perilous, icy waters of the Arctic Ocean to support the Soviet war effort against Nazi Germany.
  • A. Arctic theatre of World War II
    The Arctic theatre of World War II was the high-latitude front encompassing naval, air, and land operations in and around the Arctic Ocean, northern Scandinavia, and the Soviet far north, where harsh polar conditions shaped the conflict between Allied and Axis forces.
  • B. Allied convoy system
    The Allied convoy system was a World War II naval strategy that grouped merchant ships under warship escort to protect them from German U-boat attacks in the Atlantic.
  • C. Operation Hannibal
    Operation Hannibal was a massive World War II German naval evacuation effort that transported hundreds of thousands of civilians and military personnel from East Prussia and other Baltic regions ahead of the advancing Soviet Army.
  • D. Soviet submarine campaign in the Baltic Sea
    The Soviet submarine campaign in the Baltic Sea was a series of underwater operations by the Soviet Navy aimed at disrupting Axis maritime traffic and supply lines in the Baltic during World War II.
  • E. Battle of the Atlantic
    The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: convoyEscort
Context triple: [HMS Matabele, convoyEscort, Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union]
  • A. convoyProtected chosen
    Indicates that one entity provides protective escort or defense to a moving group (convoy) of other entities during transit.
  • B. convoyType
    Indicates the specific kind or classification of convoy associated with or used in the relationship between the entities.
  • C. convoyCargo
    Indicates that one entity is transporting or escorting another entity as cargo within a convoy.
  • D. typeOfVesselEscorted
    Indicates the specific kind of vessel that is being accompanied or protected in an escorting relationship.
  • E. convoyComposition
    Indicates that one entity is composed of, or includes as its members, the set of entities forming a convoy.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d8076beddc8190a53156f5bea77f5e completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbc60635d08190899806fe8936f02a completed April 12, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f77fab07648190b3b3362a8ffa8961 completed May 3, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7807242ec8190be0e6872f25ae65b completed May 3, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f780ac148c81908d1473e533b39a4c completed May 3, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69dbbe85e1c4819095194f4b7f9f6118 completed April 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:51 p.m.