Triple
T8577980
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard Dawson |
E203094
|
entity |
| Predicate | militaryService |
P253
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Merchant Navy |
E42287
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: British Merchant Navy | Statement: [Richard Dawson, militaryService, British Merchant Navy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Merchant Navy Context triple: [Richard Dawson, militaryService, British Merchant Navy]
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A.
British merchant navy
chosen
The British merchant navy is the United Kingdom’s civilian commercial shipping fleet, responsible for transporting goods and passengers worldwide under the British flag.
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B.
English navy
The English navy was the maritime military force of the Kingdom of England, playing a central role in its defense, exploration, and expansion as a major seafaring power.
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C.
British Fleet
The British Fleet, known in Latin as the Classis Britannica, was the Roman Empire’s naval force responsible for controlling and protecting the waters around Roman Britain.
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D.
Allied merchant shipping
Allied merchant shipping refers to the civilian cargo and transport vessels of the Allied powers in both World Wars that carried vital supplies and were heavily attacked, especially by German U-boats, in efforts to disrupt their logistics and war effort.
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E.
British Home Fleet
The British Home Fleet was a major Royal Navy battle fleet responsible for defending the waters around the British Isles, particularly during the World Wars.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8328ebe481909a8c038fa79959b4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea989bec81909b8c8b4af7c568ff |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce89a5d18c81908a21cf5e5944d6e1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:22 p.m.