Triple

T22455666
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George W. Melville E555108 entity
Predicate shipNamedAfter P92488 FINISHED
Object USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14)
USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14) was a U.S. Navy oceanographic research ship that supported scientific and oceanographic missions for both military and civilian researchers.
 E1537946 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: USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14) | Statement: [George W. Melville, shipNamedAfter, USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14)
Context triple: [George W. Melville, shipNamedAfter, USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14)]
  • A. USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52)
    USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) is a former U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that later entered service with NOAA as the hydrographic survey vessel NOAAS Thomas Jefferson.
  • B. USNS Gibbs
    USNS Gibbs is a United States Navy auxiliary research vessel known for its role in oceanographic and geophysical surveys.
  • C. USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28)
    USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic research vessel named in honor of astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
  • D. USNS Relentless
    USNS Relentless was a U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship later transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and renamed NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter for fisheries and oceanographic research.
  • E. USNS Maury (T-AGS-16)
    USNS Maury (T-AGS-16) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that was later transferred for use as the California State University Maritime Academy’s training vessel.
  • 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: USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14)
Triple: [George W. Melville, shipNamedAfter, USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14)]
Generated description
USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14) was a U.S. Navy oceanographic research ship that supported scientific and oceanographic missions for both military and civilian researchers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14)
Target entity description: USNS Melville (T-AGOR-14) was a U.S. Navy oceanographic research ship that supported scientific and oceanographic missions for both military and civilian researchers.
  • A. USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52)
    USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) is a former U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that later entered service with NOAA as the hydrographic survey vessel NOAAS Thomas Jefferson.
  • B. USNS Gibbs
    USNS Gibbs is a United States Navy auxiliary research vessel known for its role in oceanographic and geophysical surveys.
  • C. USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28)
    USNS Sally Ride (T-AGOR-28) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic research vessel named in honor of astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
  • D. USNS Relentless
    USNS Relentless was a U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship later transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and renamed NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter for fisheries and oceanographic research.
  • E. USNS Maury (T-AGS-16)
    USNS Maury (T-AGS-16) is a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship that was later transferred for use as the California State University Maritime Academy’s training vessel.
  • 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_69e11e5113208190ab58c6b595f9d1d0 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15b4f19708190a50f29598fb1a204 completed April 29, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b0c7fc40081909f27eb081ac156f1 completed May 18, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b0ddb116c8190b19f9a01abb737e6 completed May 18, 2026, 1:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b0e4402e481909210c5feff3fcddf completed May 18, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:48 p.m.