Triple

T18484140
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject USS Iowa (BB-4) E451641 entity
Predicate hullNumber P3152 FINISHED
Object BB-4
BB-4 is the hull classification symbol for USS Iowa, a late 19th-century United States Navy battleship that served in the Spanish–American War.
 E1326592 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: BB-4 | Statement: [USS Iowa (BB-4), hullNumber, BB-4]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: BB-4
Context triple: [USS Iowa (BB-4), hullNumber, BB-4]
  • A. BB-44
    BB-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS California, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served notably during World War II.
  • B. BB-47
    BB-47 was the hull number assigned to the canceled South Dakota–class battleship USS Washington, a U.S. Navy capital ship scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before completion.
  • C. BB-42
    BB-42 is the hull classification symbol for USS Idaho, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
  • D. BB-43
    BB-43 is the hull classification symbol for USS Tennessee, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
  • E. BB-41
    BB-41 is the hull classification symbol for USS Mississippi, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
  • 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: BB-4
Triple: [USS Iowa (BB-4), hullNumber, BB-4]
Generated description
BB-4 is the hull classification symbol for USS Iowa, a late 19th-century United States Navy battleship that served in the Spanish–American War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: BB-4
Target entity description: BB-4 is the hull classification symbol for USS Iowa, a late 19th-century United States Navy battleship that served in the Spanish–American War.
  • A. BB-44
    BB-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS California, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served notably during World War II.
  • B. BB-47
    BB-47 was the hull number assigned to the canceled South Dakota–class battleship USS Washington, a U.S. Navy capital ship scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before completion.
  • C. BB-42
    BB-42 is the hull classification symbol for USS Idaho, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
  • D. BB-43
    BB-43 is the hull classification symbol for USS Tennessee, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
  • E. BB-41
    BB-41 is the hull classification symbol for USS Mississippi, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
  • 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_69d8d3855d50819097fc8561b0299dd9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e531d5951c81909f44362bc4101333 completed April 19, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a043f318c008190a385bf367aa4dda7 completed May 13, 2026, 9:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a04435ec1848190a5bf61ba2263dde5 completed May 13, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a044ae5f7e88190aafb15af6a71be9f completed May 13, 2026, 9:56 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m.