Triple

T6876532

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	United States Shipping Board	`E158684`	entity
Predicate	reorganizedAs	`P1504`	FINISHED
Object	Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce The Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce was a U.S. government agency that succeeded the United States Shipping Board to oversee and regulate the nation’s merchant marine and commercial shipping activities under the Department of Commerce.	`E626410`	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: Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce | Statement: [United States Shipping Board, reorganizedAs, Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce
Context triple: [United States Shipping Board, reorganizedAs, Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce]

A. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
The Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing maritime safety laws, inspecting vessels, and licensing merchant marine personnel.
B. Bureau of Navigation
The Bureau of Navigation was a former United States Navy administrative office responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
C. Secretariat of the Navy
The Secretariat of the Navy is Mexico’s federal government department responsible for naval operations, maritime security, and administration of the Mexican Navy.
D. United States Department of Commerce and Labor
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a former federal executive department (1903–1913) that combined responsibility for both commercial and labor affairs before being split into separate Commerce and Labor departments.
E. United States Navy Bureau of Ships
The United States Navy Bureau of Ships was a former U.S. Navy organization responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of naval ships and their systems.
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: Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce
Triple: [United States Shipping Board, reorganizedAs, Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce]

Generated description

The Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce was a U.S. government agency that succeeded the United States Shipping Board to oversee and regulate the nation’s merchant marine and commercial shipping activities under the Department of Commerce.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce
Target entity description: The Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce was a U.S. government agency that succeeded the United States Shipping Board to oversee and regulate the nation’s merchant marine and commercial shipping activities under the Department of Commerce.

A. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
The Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing maritime safety laws, inspecting vessels, and licensing merchant marine personnel.
B. Bureau of Navigation
The Bureau of Navigation was a former United States Navy administrative office responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
C. Secretariat of the Navy
The Secretariat of the Navy is Mexico’s federal government department responsible for naval operations, maritime security, and administration of the Mexican Navy.
D. United States Department of Commerce and Labor
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a former federal executive department (1903–1913) that combined responsibility for both commercial and labor affairs before being split into separate Commerce and Labor departments.
E. United States Navy Bureau of Ships
The United States Navy Bureau of Ships was a former U.S. Navy organization responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of naval ships and their systems.
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_69c68832af1481908ce356e133ebaebe`	completed	March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c6d8cb76108190a5136240ed85d900`	completed	March 27, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c742bd0bfc8190971aa9d8b7e6709d`	completed	March 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c74546fb048190924677a3805e4d70`	completed	March 28, 2026, 3:04 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c745df6de48190b4c50dcb1a5c0231`	completed	March 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m.

Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:22 p.m.