Triple
T9999456
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard Phillips |
E197285
|
entity |
| Predicate | event |
P1664
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Maersk Alabama hijacking
The Maersk Alabama hijacking was a 2009 incident in which Somali pirates seized the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean, leading to a high-profile hostage standoff and Navy SEAL rescue.
|
E833909
|
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: Maersk Alabama hijacking | Statement: [Richard Phillips, event, Maersk Alabama hijacking]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maersk Alabama hijacking Context triple: [Richard Phillips, event, Maersk Alabama hijacking]
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A.
2000 USS Cole bombing
The 2000 USS Cole bombing was a suicide terrorist attack in Yemen that killed 17 U.S. Navy sailors and became a major early indicator of al-Qaeda’s escalating campaign against the United States.
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B.
Mayaguez incident
The Mayaguez incident was a 1975 confrontation between the United States and Cambodia in which U.S. forces attempted to rescue the crew of the seized American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
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C.
2004 USS Nimitz incident
The 2004 USS Nimitz incident refers to a series of encounters in which U.S. Navy pilots and radar operators tracked and visually observed unexplained aerial objects, often called "Tic Tac" UFOs, off the coast of Southern California.
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D.
Dawson's Field hijackings
The Dawson's Field hijackings were a series of coordinated airplane hijackings in September 1970 by Palestinian militants that culminated in multiple airliners being blown up on a remote airstrip in Jordan, dramatically escalating the Palestinian militant campaign and contributing to the events of Black September.
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E.
First Flotilla
The First Flotilla is a major naval formation composed of multiple warships organized for coordinated maritime operations under a single flag officer’s command.
- 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: Maersk Alabama hijacking Triple: [Richard Phillips, event, Maersk Alabama hijacking]
Generated description
The Maersk Alabama hijacking was a 2009 incident in which Somali pirates seized the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean, leading to a high-profile hostage standoff and Navy SEAL rescue.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maersk Alabama hijacking Target entity description: The Maersk Alabama hijacking was a 2009 incident in which Somali pirates seized the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean, leading to a high-profile hostage standoff and Navy SEAL rescue.
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A.
2000 USS Cole bombing
The 2000 USS Cole bombing was a suicide terrorist attack in Yemen that killed 17 U.S. Navy sailors and became a major early indicator of al-Qaeda’s escalating campaign against the United States.
-
B.
Mayaguez incident
The Mayaguez incident was a 1975 confrontation between the United States and Cambodia in which U.S. forces attempted to rescue the crew of the seized American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
-
C.
2004 USS Nimitz incident
The 2004 USS Nimitz incident refers to a series of encounters in which U.S. Navy pilots and radar operators tracked and visually observed unexplained aerial objects, often called "Tic Tac" UFOs, off the coast of Southern California.
-
D.
Dawson's Field hijackings
The Dawson's Field hijackings were a series of coordinated airplane hijackings in September 1970 by Palestinian militants that culminated in multiple airliners being blown up on a remote airstrip in Jordan, dramatically escalating the Palestinian militant campaign and contributing to the events of Black September.
-
E.
First Flotilla
The First Flotilla is a major naval formation composed of multiple warships organized for coordinated maritime operations under a single flag officer’s command.
- 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_69ca82f3b61c81908ecc2c1c96dbc2e4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdcc8dc9c081909b6d20909ada09cf |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2584bd6cc8190841353847dd2f00c |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d259016fb08190aadf9d4cee0b42d7 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d259a2e48481908bd8e4829f676618 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:51 p.m.