Triple

T2144677
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Imperial German Navy E47035 entity
Predicate notableShip P3345 FINISHED
Object U-9
U-9 was a German World War I U-boat famed for its early and dramatic successes in submarine warfare, including the sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
E242795 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: U-9 | Statement: [Imperial German Navy, notableShip, U-9]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U-9
Context triple: [Imperial German Navy, notableShip, U-9]
  • A. U-boats
    U-boats were German military submarines, most famously used in both World Wars for commerce raiding and naval warfare in the Atlantic.
  • B. German submarine U-616
    German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
  • C. U-505 submarine
    The U-505 submarine is a captured German World War II U-boat preserved as a historic naval artifact and war prize.
  • D. Admiral Graf Spee
    Admiral Graf Spee was a German "pocket battleship" (heavy cruiser) of the Kriegsmarine famed for its commerce raiding in the South Atlantic and its scuttling after the Battle of the River Plate early in World War II.
  • E. Tirpitz
    Tirpitz was a German World War II battleship, sister ship to Bismarck, known for its powerful presence in Norwegian waters and the significant Allied efforts devoted to neutralizing it.
  • 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: U-9
Triple: [Imperial German Navy, notableShip, U-9]
Generated description
U-9 was a German World War I U-boat famed for its early and dramatic successes in submarine warfare, including the sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U-9
Target entity description: U-9 was a German World War I U-boat famed for its early and dramatic successes in submarine warfare, including the sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
  • A. U-boats
    U-boats were German military submarines, most famously used in both World Wars for commerce raiding and naval warfare in the Atlantic.
  • B. German submarine U-616
    German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
  • C. U-505 submarine
    The U-505 submarine is a captured German World War II U-boat preserved as a historic naval artifact and war prize.
  • D. Admiral Graf Spee
    Admiral Graf Spee was a German "pocket battleship" (heavy cruiser) of the Kriegsmarine famed for its commerce raiding in the South Atlantic and its scuttling after the Battle of the River Plate early in World War II.
  • E. Tirpitz
    Tirpitz was a German World War II battleship, sister ship to Bismarck, known for its powerful presence in Norwegian waters and the significant Allied efforts devoted to neutralizing it.
  • 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_69a88a1933e0819094f18426ed74180f completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe223f848190a60bd0f15aed1021 completed March 7, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5d92391c8190a11f96796507a8d3 completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5e5f023081909cd046b5850f8026 completed March 9, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5ef99018819083a778378ea493e8 completed March 9, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.