Triple

T4134197
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject White Star Line E85110 entity
Predicate parentOrganization P254 FINISHED
Object International Mercantile Marine Company
The International Mercantile Marine Company was an early 20th-century American shipping trust created by financier J.P. Morgan to consolidate several major transatlantic steamship lines into a single powerful conglomerate.
E415221 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: International Mercantile Marine Company | Statement: [White Star Line, parentOrganization, International Mercantile Marine Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Mercantile Marine Company
Context triple: [White Star Line, parentOrganization, International Mercantile Marine Company]
  • A. White Star Line
    White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. British India Steam Navigation Company
    The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • C. John Swire & Sons
    John Swire & Sons is a British-based diversified conglomerate and holding company with major interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, and trading, particularly focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
  • D. White Star
    White Star is the traditional nickname of Polish football club Wisła Kraków, reflecting the iconic white star emblem on the team’s crest.
  • E. Old Colony Lines
    Old Colony Lines are a group of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail routes connecting Boston with communities in the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts.
  • 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: International Mercantile Marine Company
Triple: [White Star Line, parentOrganization, International Mercantile Marine Company]
Generated description
The International Mercantile Marine Company was an early 20th-century American shipping trust created by financier J.P. Morgan to consolidate several major transatlantic steamship lines into a single powerful conglomerate.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Mercantile Marine Company
Target entity description: The International Mercantile Marine Company was an early 20th-century American shipping trust created by financier J.P. Morgan to consolidate several major transatlantic steamship lines into a single powerful conglomerate.
  • A. White Star Line
    White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. British India Steam Navigation Company
    The British India Steam Navigation Company was a major British shipping line that operated extensive passenger and cargo services across the Indian Ocean, connecting Britain with India, East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • C. John Swire & Sons
    John Swire & Sons is a British-based diversified conglomerate and holding company with major interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, and trading, particularly focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
  • D. White Star
    White Star is the traditional nickname of Polish football club Wisła Kraków, reflecting the iconic white star emblem on the team’s crest.
  • E. Old Colony Lines
    Old Colony Lines are a group of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail routes connecting Boston with communities in the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts.
  • 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_69aed935ccd881909dc61f81bcdb7a78 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af023190608190bcc929c5996b7378 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b576c4c0888190be156d093ea11207 completed March 14, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5780ac150819085bba7d3e94d702f completed March 14, 2026, 3 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b578b7eb0081909f25ed15fee1cf50 completed March 14, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.