Triple
T10999989
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates) |
E259979
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Verner Dettwiler
Verner Dettwiler was a co-founder of the Canadian aerospace and information services company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), known for its contributions to space robotics and satellite technology.
|
E898907
|
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: Verner Dettwiler | Statement: [MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates), foundedBy, Verner Dettwiler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Verner Dettwiler Context triple: [MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates), foundedBy, Verner Dettwiler]
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A.
Walter Sturgeon
Walter Sturgeon was an American mycologist and mushroom expert known for his field guides and contributions to the study of North American fungi.
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B.
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson was a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his "Dorsai" (Childe Cycle) series and influential works exploring military strategy, psychology, and human evolution.
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C.
Adolph B. Jepsen
Adolph B. Jepsen was an individual notable enough to be recorded as a distinguished bearer of the Jepsen surname, though specific widely known biographical details about him are limited.
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D.
Frederick Methvan Whyte
Frederick Methvan Whyte was a mechanical engineer best known for devising the Whyte notation system for classifying steam locomotive wheel arrangements.
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E.
Frederic C. Williams
Frederic C. Williams was a British engineer and computer pioneer best known for co-inventing the Williams-Kilburn tube, an early form of computer memory used in some of the first stored-program computers.
- 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: Verner Dettwiler Triple: [MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates), foundedBy, Verner Dettwiler]
Generated description
Verner Dettwiler was a co-founder of the Canadian aerospace and information services company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), known for its contributions to space robotics and satellite technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Verner Dettwiler Target entity description: Verner Dettwiler was a co-founder of the Canadian aerospace and information services company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), known for its contributions to space robotics and satellite technology.
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A.
Walter Sturgeon
Walter Sturgeon was an American mycologist and mushroom expert known for his field guides and contributions to the study of North American fungi.
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B.
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson was a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his "Dorsai" (Childe Cycle) series and influential works exploring military strategy, psychology, and human evolution.
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C.
Adolph B. Jepsen
Adolph B. Jepsen was an individual notable enough to be recorded as a distinguished bearer of the Jepsen surname, though specific widely known biographical details about him are limited.
-
D.
Frederick Methvan Whyte
Frederick Methvan Whyte was a mechanical engineer best known for devising the Whyte notation system for classifying steam locomotive wheel arrangements.
-
E.
Frederic C. Williams
Frederic C. Williams was a British engineer and computer pioneer best known for co-inventing the Williams-Kilburn tube, an early form of computer memory used in some of the first stored-program computers.
- 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_69d6aa8a6a548190a750f944ccdc8064 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d796d5457c819096630246fa5f7076 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e34530ada081909dc58ff0261e93e7 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e35570b0bc8190a939b0c8e3ce8105 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e359508a388190a16d48a17015e13e |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.