Triple
T3540684
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merville Barracks, Colchester |
E74876
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Merville Battery
Merville Battery is a former German coastal artillery battery in Normandy, France, that played a key role in the D-Day landings and was famously assaulted by British paratroopers.
|
E367355
|
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: Merville Battery | Statement: [Merville Barracks, Colchester, namedAfter, Merville Battery]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merville Battery Context triple: [Merville Barracks, Colchester, namedAfter, Merville Battery]
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A.
The Needles Battery
The Needles Battery is a Victorian coastal artillery fort on the Isle of Wight, built to defend the western approaches to the Solent and now preserved as a historic site overlooking the famous chalk stacks known as The Needles.
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B.
Argyle Battery
Argyle Battery is a historic artillery fortification and prominent defensive platform forming part of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
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C.
Ussher Fort
Ussher Fort is a historic coastal fortress in Accra, Ghana, built by European colonial powers and now preserved as a heritage site reflecting the country’s colonial and slave trade history.
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D.
Harding’s Battery
Harding’s Battery is a historic coastal artillery battery at Europa Point in Gibraltar, built to defend the strategically important entrance to the Mediterranean.
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E.
White Point Battery
White Point Battery is a historic coastal artillery fortification and landmark located at the southern tip of the Charleston peninsula in South Carolina.
- 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: Merville Battery Triple: [Merville Barracks, Colchester, namedAfter, Merville Battery]
Generated description
Merville Battery is a former German coastal artillery battery in Normandy, France, that played a key role in the D-Day landings and was famously assaulted by British paratroopers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merville Battery Target entity description: Merville Battery is a former German coastal artillery battery in Normandy, France, that played a key role in the D-Day landings and was famously assaulted by British paratroopers.
-
A.
The Needles Battery
The Needles Battery is a Victorian coastal artillery fort on the Isle of Wight, built to defend the western approaches to the Solent and now preserved as a historic site overlooking the famous chalk stacks known as The Needles.
-
B.
Argyle Battery
Argyle Battery is a historic artillery fortification and prominent defensive platform forming part of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
-
C.
Ussher Fort
Ussher Fort is a historic coastal fortress in Accra, Ghana, built by European colonial powers and now preserved as a heritage site reflecting the country’s colonial and slave trade history.
-
D.
Harding’s Battery
Harding’s Battery is a historic coastal artillery battery at Europa Point in Gibraltar, built to defend the strategically important entrance to the Mediterranean.
-
E.
White Point Battery
White Point Battery is a historic coastal artillery fortification and landmark located at the southern tip of the Charleston peninsula in South Carolina.
- 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbf729000819086e4fdba9e73e198 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b38bda9b848190a06b4b7113f97fc1 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b38c6dbfcc8190897d0c12e8ce4416 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b38cf9d8188190adb91671d062a6f9 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.