Triple
T3346618
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
E70388
|
entity |
| Predicate | mergedInto |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Vosper Thornycroft
Vosper Thornycroft was a prominent British shipbuilding and marine engineering company known for constructing naval vessels, patrol boats, and other specialized ships.
|
E70388
|
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: Vosper Thornycroft | Statement: [John I. Thornycroft & Company, mergedInto, Vosper Thornycroft]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vosper Thornycroft Context triple: [John I. Thornycroft & Company, mergedInto, Vosper Thornycroft]
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A.
John I. Thornycroft & Company
John I. Thornycroft & Company was a British shipbuilding firm renowned for designing and constructing naval vessels, particularly destroyers and fast attack craft, for the Royal Navy and other customers.
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B.
Blyth Shipbuilding Company
Blyth Shipbuilding Company was a British shipyard based in Blyth, Northumberland, known for constructing naval and commercial vessels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Cammell Laird
Cammell Laird is a historic British shipbuilding company based in Birkenhead, England, renowned for constructing major Royal Navy warships and commercial vessels.
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D.
Charles L. Parsons
Charles L. Parsons was an American chemist and longtime American Chemical Society leader recognized for his significant contributions to the chemical profession.
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E.
Dorman Long and Co Ltd
Dorman Long and Co Ltd was a prominent British engineering and steel company best known for designing and building major steel bridges and structures worldwide, including the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
- 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: Vosper Thornycroft Triple: [John I. Thornycroft & Company, mergedInto, Vosper Thornycroft]
Generated description
Vosper Thornycroft was a prominent British shipbuilding and marine engineering company known for constructing naval vessels, patrol boats, and other specialized ships.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vosper Thornycroft Target entity description: Vosper Thornycroft was a prominent British shipbuilding and marine engineering company known for constructing naval vessels, patrol boats, and other specialized ships.
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A.
John I. Thornycroft & Company
chosen
John I. Thornycroft & Company was a British shipbuilding firm renowned for designing and constructing naval vessels, particularly destroyers and fast attack craft, for the Royal Navy and other customers.
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B.
Blyth Shipbuilding Company
Blyth Shipbuilding Company was a British shipyard based in Blyth, Northumberland, known for constructing naval and commercial vessels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Cammell Laird
Cammell Laird is a historic British shipbuilding company based in Birkenhead, England, renowned for constructing major Royal Navy warships and commercial vessels.
-
D.
Charles L. Parsons
Charles L. Parsons was an American chemist and longtime American Chemical Society leader recognized for his significant contributions to the chemical profession.
-
E.
Dorman Long and Co Ltd
Dorman Long and Co Ltd was a prominent British engineering and steel company best known for designing and building major steel bridges and structures worldwide, including the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
- 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb1f4ff888190bf14b9b7fbe9bcee |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b32522cbc88190b965087a580d7acf |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b325a0de7c8190a33ae611b8450b5a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b326862e848190bf1bea74b6ab0b36 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.