Triple

T613004
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject HMS Sikh E12140 entity
Predicate shipyard P4334 FINISHED
Object Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan
Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan was a prominent Scottish shipbuilding company based in the Govan district of Glasgow, known for constructing numerous naval and commercial vessels during the 19th and 20th centuries.
E76555 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: Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan | Statement: [HMS Sikh, shipyard, Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan
Context triple: [HMS Sikh, shipyard, Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan]
  • 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.
  • B. Tredegar Iron Works
    Tredegar Iron Works is a historic 19th-century ironworks complex in Richmond, Virginia, best known as a major supplier of iron and munitions to the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. John Graham & Company
    John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the 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: Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan
Triple: [HMS Sikh, shipyard, Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan]
Generated description
Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan was a prominent Scottish shipbuilding company based in the Govan district of Glasgow, known for constructing numerous naval and commercial vessels during the 19th and 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan
Target entity description: Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan was a prominent Scottish shipbuilding company based in the Govan district of Glasgow, known for constructing numerous naval and commercial vessels during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • 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.
  • B. Tredegar Iron Works
    Tredegar Iron Works is a historic 19th-century ironworks complex in Richmond, Virginia, best known as a major supplier of iron and munitions to the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. John Graham & Company
    John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the 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_69a493309df48190a327f748e88049a6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49e08dbf88190ab050078a63e266b completed March 1, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a533dabe288190ab25bd6d76e79d06 completed March 2, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a54e4849f48190868d7b624e450dc3 completed March 2, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a55048e2ec81908d306f44b2ca24fa completed March 2, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.