Triple
T563271
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | HMS Kimberley |
E13499
|
entity |
| Predicate | builder |
P3143
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
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: John I. Thornycroft & Company | Statement: [HMS Kimberley, builder, John I. Thornycroft & Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John I. Thornycroft & Company Context triple: [HMS Kimberley, builder, John I. Thornycroft & Company]
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A.
Harland and Wolff
Harland and Wolff is a historic Belfast-based shipbuilding and heavy engineering company best known for constructing famous ocean liners including RMS Titanic.
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B.
Vickers-Armstrongs
Vickers-Armstrongs was a major British engineering and armaments company best known for producing military aircraft, ships, and tanks during the first half of the 20th century.
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C.
Pemberton-Billing Ltd
Pemberton-Billing Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturing company founded by Noel Pemberton Billing that later evolved into the renowned Supermarine aviation firm.
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D.
Meriden Britannia Company
Meriden Britannia Company was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American silverware and metalware manufacturer known for its high-quality silver-plated products and role in establishing Meriden, Connecticut as a major silver industry center.
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E.
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
- 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: John I. Thornycroft & Company Triple: [HMS Kimberley, builder, John I. Thornycroft & Company]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John I. Thornycroft & Company Target entity description: 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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A.
Harland and Wolff
Harland and Wolff is a historic Belfast-based shipbuilding and heavy engineering company best known for constructing famous ocean liners including RMS Titanic.
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B.
Vickers-Armstrongs
Vickers-Armstrongs was a major British engineering and armaments company best known for producing military aircraft, ships, and tanks during the first half of the 20th century.
-
C.
Pemberton-Billing Ltd
Pemberton-Billing Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturing company founded by Noel Pemberton Billing that later evolved into the renowned Supermarine aviation firm.
-
D.
Meriden Britannia Company
Meriden Britannia Company was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American silverware and metalware manufacturer known for its high-quality silver-plated products and role in establishing Meriden, Connecticut as a major silver industry center.
-
E.
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
New York Shipbuilding Corporation was a major American shipyard based in Camden, New Jersey, known for constructing numerous U.S. Navy warships in the early to mid-20th century.
- 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_69a4933edcf08190b35ecfd6014caee6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49a712bc48190ba298b3c76ab11cc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4ed37a98081909afbc0de4079dda8 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4ed9314308190ab02cefa0479345d |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4ee076c6481909f18ee53ef936c0f |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.