Triple

T4134211
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject White Star Line E85110 entity
Predicate keyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object J. Bruce Ismay
J. Bruce Ismay was a British businessman best known as the chairman of the company that owned the RMS Titanic and for surviving its 1912 sinking amid widespread public criticism.
E417539 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: J. Bruce Ismay | Statement: [White Star Line, keyPerson, J. Bruce Ismay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Bruce Ismay
Context triple: [White Star Line, keyPerson, J. Bruce Ismay]
  • A. Thomas Henry Ismay
    Thomas Henry Ismay was a 19th-century British shipowner and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the White Star Line, one of the era’s most prominent transatlantic shipping companies.
  • B. Captain Edward Smith
    Captain Edward Smith was the British sea captain best known for commanding the RMS Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.
  • C. John Smith Murdoch
    John Smith Murdoch was an Australian architect best known as the first Commonwealth Government Architect, responsible for designing many key public buildings in early Canberra and across Australia.
  • D. William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie
    William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, was a prominent Irish shipbuilder and businessman best known as the chairman of Harland and Wolff and a key figure behind the construction of the RMS Titanic.
  • E. William Murdoch
    William Murdoch was a Scottish engineer and inventor best known for pioneering gas lighting and contributing key innovations to early steam engine technology.
  • 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: J. Bruce Ismay
Triple: [White Star Line, keyPerson, J. Bruce Ismay]
Generated description
J. Bruce Ismay was a British businessman best known as the chairman of the company that owned the RMS Titanic and for surviving its 1912 sinking amid widespread public criticism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Bruce Ismay
Target entity description: J. Bruce Ismay was a British businessman best known as the chairman of the company that owned the RMS Titanic and for surviving its 1912 sinking amid widespread public criticism.
  • A. Thomas Henry Ismay
    Thomas Henry Ismay was a 19th-century British shipowner and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the White Star Line, one of the era’s most prominent transatlantic shipping companies.
  • B. Captain Edward Smith
    Captain Edward Smith was the British sea captain best known for commanding the RMS Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.
  • C. John Smith Murdoch
    John Smith Murdoch was an Australian architect best known as the first Commonwealth Government Architect, responsible for designing many key public buildings in early Canberra and across Australia.
  • D. William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie
    William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, was a prominent Irish shipbuilder and businessman best known as the chairman of Harland and Wolff and a key figure behind the construction of the RMS Titanic.
  • E. William Murdoch
    William Murdoch was a Scottish engineer and inventor best known for pioneering gas lighting and contributing key innovations to early steam engine technology.
  • 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_69b57f2bb38c819090884069688063d2 completed March 14, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b57fad66e08190a973186c19659ee8 completed March 14, 2026, 3:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58028e7108190a6c92fc9ea300f9e completed March 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.