Triple

T21141521

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	USS Kearsarge	`E520939`	entity
Predicate	commandStructure	`P396`	FINISHED
Object	North Atlantic Blockading Squadron The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron was a Union Navy formation during the American Civil War responsible for enforcing the naval blockade along the Confederate coast from Virginia to North Carolina.	`E1196361`	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: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron | Statement: [USS Kearsarge, commandStructure, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Context triple: [USS Kearsarge, commandStructure, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron]

A. Atlantic Blockading Squadron
The Atlantic Blockading Squadron was a U.S. Navy formation during the American Civil War tasked with enforcing the naval blockade along the Confederate Atlantic coast.
B. North Atlantic Squadron
The North Atlantic Squadron was a principal formation of the United States Navy responsible for operations and defense in the North Atlantic region during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
C. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron was a U.S. Navy formation during the American Civil War responsible for enforcing the Union blockade along the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida.
D. East Gulf Blockading Squadron
The East Gulf Blockading Squadron was a U.S. Navy formation during the American Civil War tasked with enforcing the naval blockade along the Gulf coast of the Confederacy, particularly off western Florida.
E. British Mediterranean Squadron
The British Mediterranean Squadron was a Royal Navy formation that operated in the Mediterranean Sea, serving as a key component of British naval power there before being reorganized into the Mediterranean Fleet.
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: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Triple: [USS Kearsarge, commandStructure, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron]

Generated description

The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron was a Union Navy formation during the American Civil War responsible for enforcing the naval blockade along the Confederate coast from Virginia to North Carolina.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Target entity description: The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron was a Union Navy formation during the American Civil War responsible for enforcing the naval blockade along the Confederate coast from Virginia to North Carolina.

A. Atlantic Blockading Squadron chosen
The Atlantic Blockading Squadron was a U.S. Navy formation during the American Civil War tasked with enforcing the naval blockade along the Confederate Atlantic coast.
B. North Atlantic Squadron
The North Atlantic Squadron was a principal formation of the United States Navy responsible for operations and defense in the North Atlantic region during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
C. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron was a U.S. Navy formation during the American Civil War responsible for enforcing the Union blockade along the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida.
D. East Gulf Blockading Squadron
The East Gulf Blockading Squadron was a U.S. Navy formation during the American Civil War tasked with enforcing the naval blockade along the Gulf coast of the Confederacy, particularly off western Florida.
E. British Mediterranean Squadron
The British Mediterranean Squadron was a Royal Navy formation that operated in the Mediterranean Sea, serving as a key component of British naval power there before being reorganized into the Mediterranean Fleet.
F. None of above.

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_69e0b50c6a848190a4e525a77a319b8a`	completed	April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e723f96cf081909d10309e08aeca93`	completed	April 21, 2026, 7:15 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a096dbe776c8190b2d63775974a115a`	completed	May 17, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a096f07e1d881908b849131b110478c`	completed	May 17, 2026, 7:32 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a096f9bb0988190839e2e5371020757`	completed	May 17, 2026, 7:34 a.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:57 p.m.