Triple
T330247
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Red Ensign |
E6609
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedBy |
P260
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British merchant navy
The British merchant navy is the United Kingdom’s civilian commercial shipping fleet, responsible for transporting goods and passengers worldwide under the British flag.
|
E42287
|
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: British merchant navy | Statement: [British Red Ensign, usedBy, British merchant navy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British merchant navy Context triple: [British Red Ensign, usedBy, British merchant navy]
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A.
United States merchant marine
The United States merchant marine is the civilian fleet of U.S.-registered commercial ships and their crews that transport goods and services in peacetime and serve as a naval auxiliary in times of war or national emergency.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Army Headquarters, United Kingdom
Army Headquarters, United Kingdom is the central command organization of the British Army responsible for directing, coordinating, and overseeing its operational and administrative functions.
- 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: British merchant navy Triple: [British Red Ensign, usedBy, British merchant navy]
Generated description
The British merchant navy is the United Kingdom’s civilian commercial shipping fleet, responsible for transporting goods and passengers worldwide under the British flag.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British merchant navy Target entity description: The British merchant navy is the United Kingdom’s civilian commercial shipping fleet, responsible for transporting goods and passengers worldwide under the British flag.
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A.
United States merchant marine
The United States merchant marine is the civilian fleet of U.S.-registered commercial ships and their crews that transport goods and services in peacetime and serve as a naval auxiliary in times of war or national emergency.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
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.
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E.
Army Headquarters, United Kingdom
Army Headquarters, United Kingdom is the central command organization of the British Army responsible for directing, coordinating, and overseeing its operational and administrative functions.
- 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_69a2e79434908190a9d5afe415153ad9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eaaeb64881909c7ab9bca3378e2b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3cff160788190a49faad3c011965e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3d0dff47881909b2dc7002b16e1cd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3d15c60d4819091d615246267a2a7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:40 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.