Triple

T9745747
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Torrey Canyon oil spill E236302 entity
Predicate vessel P862 FINISHED
Object SS Torrey Canyon
SS Torrey Canyon was a large British oil tanker best known for causing one of the world’s most infamous environmental disasters when it ran aground off the coast of Cornwall in 1967.
E817889 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: SS Torrey Canyon | Statement: [Torrey Canyon oil spill, vessel, SS Torrey Canyon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Torrey Canyon
Context triple: [Torrey Canyon oil spill, vessel, SS Torrey Canyon]
  • A. Exxon Valdez
    Exxon Valdez was a U.S. oil tanker infamous for causing one of the worst environmental disasters in history when it spilled millions of gallons of crude oil off the coast of Alaska in 1989.
  • B. M/V Columbia
    M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
  • C. MS Mount Washington cruise ship
    The MS Mount Washington is a historic excursion vessel that offers scenic cruises and sightseeing tours on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee.
  • D. SS Nomadic
    SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
  • E. Ever Given
    Ever Given is a large container ship that gained worldwide attention in March 2021 when it became wedged in the Suez Canal, disrupting global shipping traffic.
  • 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: SS Torrey Canyon
Triple: [Torrey Canyon oil spill, vessel, SS Torrey Canyon]
Generated description
SS Torrey Canyon was a large British oil tanker best known for causing one of the world’s most infamous environmental disasters when it ran aground off the coast of Cornwall in 1967.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Torrey Canyon
Target entity description: SS Torrey Canyon was a large British oil tanker best known for causing one of the world’s most infamous environmental disasters when it ran aground off the coast of Cornwall in 1967.
  • A. Exxon Valdez
    Exxon Valdez was a U.S. oil tanker infamous for causing one of the worst environmental disasters in history when it spilled millions of gallons of crude oil off the coast of Alaska in 1989.
  • B. M/V Columbia
    M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
  • C. MS Mount Washington cruise ship
    The MS Mount Washington is a historic excursion vessel that offers scenic cruises and sightseeing tours on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee.
  • D. SS Nomadic
    SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
  • E. Ever Given
    Ever Given is a large container ship that gained worldwide attention in March 2021 when it became wedged in the Suez Canal, disrupting global shipping traffic.
  • 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_69ca84d3e24481908a476e2231123cf9 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9f65ad788190b68d731b6f516d93 completed April 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1b004a6e88190a974f4a8973f91ef completed April 5, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1b0f7a68481909de080dd78f883a8 completed April 5, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1b17bd97c8190b77815db5a6a70d9 completed April 5, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:23 p.m.