Triple

T17238772
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject General Slocum steamship disaster E418432 entity
Predicate operator P179 FINISHED
Object Knickerbocker Steamship Company
The Knickerbocker Steamship Company was a New York–based steamship line best known as the operator of the excursion vessel General Slocum, which was involved in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history in 1904.
 E1265758 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: Knickerbocker Steamship Company | Statement: [General Slocum steamship disaster, operator, Knickerbocker Steamship Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Knickerbocker Steamship Company
Context triple: [General Slocum steamship disaster, operator, Knickerbocker Steamship Company]
  • A. New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
    New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. was a shipping company that operated steamship services between New York and Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Black Star Line
    Black Star Line was a shipping company established in the early 20th century as part of a broader movement to promote Black economic independence and facilitate the return of the African diaspora to Africa.
  • C. Great Western Steamship Company
    The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
  • D. Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company
    Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company was a regional maritime transport firm that operated passenger and freight steamship services along the New England coast.
  • E. Chatham Lines
    Chatham Lines is a historic military and defensive area in Chatham, Kent, known for its preserved fortifications and open green spaces.
  • 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: Knickerbocker Steamship Company
Triple: [General Slocum steamship disaster, operator, Knickerbocker Steamship Company]
Generated description
The Knickerbocker Steamship Company was a New York–based steamship line best known as the operator of the excursion vessel General Slocum, which was involved in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history in 1904.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Knickerbocker Steamship Company
Target entity description: The Knickerbocker Steamship Company was a New York–based steamship line best known as the operator of the excursion vessel General Slocum, which was involved in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history in 1904.
  • A. New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
    New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. was a shipping company that operated steamship services between New York and Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Black Star Line
    Black Star Line was a shipping company established in the early 20th century as part of a broader movement to promote Black economic independence and facilitate the return of the African diaspora to Africa.
  • C. Great Western Steamship Company
    The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
  • D. Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company
    Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company was a regional maritime transport firm that operated passenger and freight steamship services along the New England coast.
  • E. Chatham Lines
    Chatham Lines is a historic military and defensive area in Chatham, Kent, known for its preserved fortifications and open green spaces.
  • 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42dfdc8688190aceb223c19a48781 completed April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a019fdf81ec8190826e543be0db3628 completed May 11, 2026, 9:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01a0faef6481909598fe8861fd9165 completed May 11, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01a18c3958819090a84a91b29f0cf8 completed May 11, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.