Triple

T76090
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Altmark Incident E1520 entity
Predicate commanderForUK P1061 FINISHED
Object Philip Vian
Philip Vian was a distinguished British Royal Navy admiral known for his aggressive leadership in destroyer actions and key naval engagements during the Second World War.
E10432 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: Philip Vian | Statement: [Altmark Incident, commanderForUK, Philip Vian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Vian
Context triple: [Altmark Incident, commanderForUK, Philip Vian]
  • A. Ernest Merritt
    Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
  • B. Richard Bolt
    Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
  • C. Herbert George Wells
    Herbert George Wells was an English writer best known as a pioneer of science fiction, authoring classics such as "The War of the Worlds," "The Time Machine," and "The Invisible Man."
  • D. Campbell McInnes
    Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
  • E. Isaac Asimov
    Isaac Asimov was a prolific American science fiction author and biochemist renowned for works like the Foundation series and his popular science writing.
  • 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: Philip Vian
Triple: [Altmark Incident, commanderForUK, Philip Vian]
Generated description
Philip Vian was a distinguished British Royal Navy admiral known for his aggressive leadership in destroyer actions and key naval engagements during the Second World War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Vian
Target entity description: Philip Vian was a distinguished British Royal Navy admiral known for his aggressive leadership in destroyer actions and key naval engagements during the Second World War.
  • A. Ernest Merritt
    Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
  • B. Richard Bolt
    Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
  • C. Herbert George Wells
    Herbert George Wells was an English writer best known as a pioneer of science fiction, authoring classics such as "The War of the Worlds," "The Time Machine," and "The Invisible Man."
  • D. Campbell McInnes
    Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
  • E. Isaac Asimov
    Isaac Asimov was a prolific American science fiction author and biochemist renowned for works like the Foundation series and his popular science writing.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: commanderForUK
Context triple: [Altmark Incident, commanderForUK, Philip Vian]
  • A. commander chosen
    Indicates that one entity holds authoritative military or organizational control over another entity or group.
  • B. commanderOfRAF
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commander or head of the Royal Air Force in relation to another entity.
  • C. hasCommander
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer or leader of another entity.
  • D. commanderUnitedStates
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commander of a United States military or governmental unit, mission, or operation.
  • E. commanderJapan
    Indicates that an entity serves as the military commander of Japan or of Japanese forces.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2559892dc81909303f2eefdc0025f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a275e2a91c81908ec21814794d70a6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a276c04f308190b3089549a8bc7cec completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a277437a1c819086ce4faf0e913a1d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24eaf99e481908e8d314577e22ecf completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.