Triple

T502693
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philip Vian E10432 entity
Predicate participatedIn P149 FINISHED
Object Battle of Cape Matapan
The Battle of Cape Matapan was a major World War II naval engagement in March 1941 in which British and Allied forces decisively defeated the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean.
E63435 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: Battle of Cape Matapan | Statement: [Philip Vian, participatedIn, Battle of Cape Matapan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cape Matapan
Context triple: [Philip Vian, participatedIn, Battle of Cape Matapan]
  • A. Battle of Malta
    The Battle of Malta was a crucial World War II air and naval campaign in which Axis forces relentlessly besieged the strategically vital island of Malta, leading to a hard-fought Allied defense that proved pivotal in controlling Mediterranean supply routes.
  • B. Battle of El Alamein
    The Battle of El Alamein was a pivotal 1942 North African campaign clash between Allied and Axis forces that marked a major turning point in World War II by halting the German advance toward Egypt and the Suez Canal.
  • C. Siege of Tobruk
    The Siege of Tobruk was a prolonged World War II battle in Libya where Allied forces, notably Australian troops, held the strategic port of Tobruk against Axis forces in 1941, becoming a symbol of resistance in the North African campaign.
  • D. Battle of the Nile
    The Battle of the Nile was a decisive 1798 British naval victory under Admiral Horatio Nelson against the French fleet off the coast of Egypt, crippling French maritime power in the Mediterranean.
  • E. Dodecanese campaign
    The Dodecanese campaign was a World War II Allied attempt to seize the Italian-held Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea in 1943, which ended in a costly defeat and German occupation of the islands.
  • 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: Battle of Cape Matapan
Triple: [Philip Vian, participatedIn, Battle of Cape Matapan]
Generated description
The Battle of Cape Matapan was a major World War II naval engagement in March 1941 in which British and Allied forces decisively defeated the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cape Matapan
Target entity description: The Battle of Cape Matapan was a major World War II naval engagement in March 1941 in which British and Allied forces decisively defeated the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean.
  • A. Battle of Malta
    The Battle of Malta was a crucial World War II air and naval campaign in which Axis forces relentlessly besieged the strategically vital island of Malta, leading to a hard-fought Allied defense that proved pivotal in controlling Mediterranean supply routes.
  • B. Battle of El Alamein
    The Battle of El Alamein was a pivotal 1942 North African campaign clash between Allied and Axis forces that marked a major turning point in World War II by halting the German advance toward Egypt and the Suez Canal.
  • C. Siege of Tobruk
    The Siege of Tobruk was a prolonged World War II battle in Libya where Allied forces, notably Australian troops, held the strategic port of Tobruk against Axis forces in 1941, becoming a symbol of resistance in the North African campaign.
  • D. Battle of the Nile
    The Battle of the Nile was a decisive 1798 British naval victory under Admiral Horatio Nelson against the French fleet off the coast of Egypt, crippling French maritime power in the Mediterranean.
  • E. Dodecanese campaign
    The Dodecanese campaign was a World War II Allied attempt to seize the Italian-held Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea in 1943, which ended in a costly defeat and German occupation of the islands.
  • 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f1339748819089f89691a1698dd9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4984d3a4881909b4bec4c9b7dcd03 completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a49c5d940c8190802f51ddd722913d completed March 1, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a49dc00084819088f75c7ff9d93f94 completed March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.