Triple

T6534336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Blackbeard E152313 entity
Predicate killedBy P4646 FINISHED
Object Royal Navy forces of Virginia
The Royal Navy forces of Virginia were British colonial naval units operating from Virginia that enforced maritime law and defended the colony, notably participating in the pursuit and death of the pirate Blackbeard.
E600132 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: Royal Navy forces of Virginia | Statement: [Blackbeard, killedBy, Royal Navy forces of Virginia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Navy forces of Virginia
Context triple: [Blackbeard, killedBy, Royal Navy forces of Virginia]
  • A. Battle of Cape Henry
    The Battle of Cape Henry was a 1781 naval engagement off the Virginia coast between British and French fleets that influenced control of Chesapeake Bay during the American Revolutionary War.
  • B. Brunswick Line
    The Brunswick Line is a MARC commuter rail service in Maryland that primarily connects Washington, D.C. with Brunswick and Martinsburg along the former B&O Railroad route.
  • C. Chesapeake campaign
    The Chesapeake campaign was a series of British military operations along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast during the War of 1812, culminating in major actions such as the burning of Washington and the defense of Baltimore.
  • D. Northern Flotilla
    Northern Flotilla is the former name of Russia’s Northern Fleet, the principal naval formation operating in the Arctic and northern seas.
  • E. High Seas Fleet
    The High Seas Fleet was the main battle fleet of the Imperial German Navy during World War I, best known for its clashes with the British Royal Navy, including the Battle of Jutland.
  • 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: Royal Navy forces of Virginia
Triple: [Blackbeard, killedBy, Royal Navy forces of Virginia]
Generated description
The Royal Navy forces of Virginia were British colonial naval units operating from Virginia that enforced maritime law and defended the colony, notably participating in the pursuit and death of the pirate Blackbeard.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Navy forces of Virginia
Target entity description: The Royal Navy forces of Virginia were British colonial naval units operating from Virginia that enforced maritime law and defended the colony, notably participating in the pursuit and death of the pirate Blackbeard.
  • A. Battle of Cape Henry
    The Battle of Cape Henry was a 1781 naval engagement off the Virginia coast between British and French fleets that influenced control of Chesapeake Bay during the American Revolutionary War.
  • B. Brunswick Line
    The Brunswick Line is a MARC commuter rail service in Maryland that primarily connects Washington, D.C. with Brunswick and Martinsburg along the former B&O Railroad route.
  • C. Chesapeake campaign
    The Chesapeake campaign was a series of British military operations along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast during the War of 1812, culminating in major actions such as the burning of Washington and the defense of Baltimore.
  • D. Northern Flotilla
    Northern Flotilla is the former name of Russia’s Northern Fleet, the principal naval formation operating in the Arctic and northern seas.
  • E. High Seas Fleet
    The High Seas Fleet was the main battle fleet of the Imperial German Navy during World War I, best known for its clashes with the British Royal Navy, including the Battle of Jutland.
  • 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_69c688048ec8819093a47f7d332e12ec completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6adbf3a748190b0fb52122faaf6d3 completed March 27, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6cb8041d081909cd64dab7ccbd035 completed March 27, 2026, 6:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6cd05c54c81908bb612e7976bd10a completed March 27, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6cdc3ea7c8190b63e9a19721fea80 completed March 27, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:46 p.m.