Triple

T589389
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Steinbrenner E17232 entity
Predicate businessFounded P6274 FINISHED
Object American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family)
American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family) was a major U.S. shipbuilding firm on the Great Lakes that became notable as the family-controlled business platform of industrialist and sports owner George Steinbrenner.
E73801 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family) | Statement: [George Steinbrenner, businessFounded, American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family)
Context triple: [George Steinbrenner, businessFounded, American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family)]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Newport News Shipbuilding
    Newport News Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Virginia renowned for constructing U.S. Navy warships, including battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines.
  • C. Fore River Shipbuilding Company
    Fore River Shipbuilding Company was a major early 20th-century American shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, known for constructing significant U.S. Navy warships and commercial vessels.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Lorain Steel Company
    Lorain Steel Company was an American steel manufacturer known for operating major steelworks in Lorain, Ohio, that contributed to the region’s industrial growth.
  • 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: American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family)
Triple: [George Steinbrenner, businessFounded, American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family)]
Generated description
American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family) was a major U.S. shipbuilding firm on the Great Lakes that became notable as the family-controlled business platform of industrialist and sports owner George Steinbrenner.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family)
Target entity description: American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family) was a major U.S. shipbuilding firm on the Great Lakes that became notable as the family-controlled business platform of industrialist and sports owner George Steinbrenner.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Newport News Shipbuilding
    Newport News Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Virginia renowned for constructing U.S. Navy warships, including battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines.
  • C. Fore River Shipbuilding Company
    Fore River Shipbuilding Company was a major early 20th-century American shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, known for constructing significant U.S. Navy warships and commercial vessels.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Lorain Steel Company
    Lorain Steel Company was an American steel manufacturer known for operating major steelworks in Lorain, Ohio, that contributed to the region’s industrial growth.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: businessFounded
Context triple: [George Steinbrenner, businessFounded, American Ship Building Company (control acquired by family)]
  • A. businessBase
    Indicates that one entity serves as the primary business foundation, core location, or main operational base for another entity.
  • B. businessVenture
    Indicates a relationship where entities jointly engage in, operate, or are involved with a commercial or entrepreneurial undertaking.
  • C. businessFunction
    Indicates the specific role, activity, or operational function that an entity performs within a business context.
  • D. company
    Indicates that an entity is a business organization engaged in commercial, industrial, or professional activities.
  • E. organizationFounded chosen
    Indicates that an organization was established or created at a specific point in time, often by a particular founder or founding entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49bb775fc819085b968f8615dca59 completed March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5103be4b881908fcd20c4c781c0a0 completed March 2, 2026, 4:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5140f86148190b9f3dd70fa6b0f42 completed March 2, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5146662488190b2d9024d6d999fa3 completed March 2, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a494cc13988190892ca10bd7ae9f09 completed March 1, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.