Triple

T178891
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Cockburn E3639 entity
Predicate militaryUnit P1063 FINISHED
Object Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station
The Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station was a major British naval command responsible for overseeing maritime operations, trade protection, and military engagements across the North American and Caribbean regions during the age of sail and early steam.
 E27325 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 Navy North America and West Indies Station | Statement: [George Cockburn, militaryUnit, Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station
Context triple: [George Cockburn, militaryUnit, Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station]
  • A. Royal Navy
    The Royal Navy is the United Kingdom’s naval warfare force and one of the world’s oldest and historically most influential navies.
  • B. Royal Scots Navy
    The Royal Scots Navy was the naval force of the independent Kingdom of Scotland prior to the 1707 Acts of Union, after which it was merged into the Royal Navy of Great Britain.
  • C. Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the UK Ministry of Defence that provides logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy worldwide.
  • D. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
    The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was a part-time volunteer reserve force of the British Royal Navy, composed mainly of civilian sailors and professionals who served in naval roles during peace and wartime.
  • E. Royal Naval Air Service
    The Royal Naval Air Service was the air arm of the British Royal Navy during World War I, responsible for naval aviation operations before being merged into the Royal Air Force in 1918.
  • 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 Navy North America and West Indies Station
Triple: [George Cockburn, militaryUnit, Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station]
Generated description
The Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station was a major British naval command responsible for overseeing maritime operations, trade protection, and military engagements across the North American and Caribbean regions during the age of sail and early steam.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station
Target entity description: The Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station was a major British naval command responsible for overseeing maritime operations, trade protection, and military engagements across the North American and Caribbean regions during the age of sail and early steam.
  • A. Royal Navy
    The Royal Navy is the United Kingdom’s naval warfare force and one of the world’s oldest and historically most influential navies.
  • B. Royal Scots Navy
    The Royal Scots Navy was the naval force of the independent Kingdom of Scotland prior to the 1707 Acts of Union, after which it was merged into the Royal Navy of Great Britain.
  • C. Royal Fleet Auxiliary
    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the UK Ministry of Defence that provides logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy worldwide.
  • D. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
    The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was a part-time volunteer reserve force of the British Royal Navy, composed mainly of civilian sailors and professionals who served in naval roles during peace and wartime.
  • E. Royal Naval Air Service
    The Royal Naval Air Service was the air arm of the British Royal Navy during World War I, responsible for naval aviation operations before being merged into the Royal Air Force in 1918.
  • 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_69a25374990081909766d30c79a18e0e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25900709c8190a65e778936be5dd5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a338e55004819096a8cc1bfec7a225 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a33cc26d94819091e6d73074babedb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a33d2fa67081909b9f88606b18ba93 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.