Triple

T12613762
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas DC-6 E301197 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object National Airlines (US)
National Airlines (US) was a mid-20th-century American airline that operated domestic and international routes, particularly along the East Coast and to Florida, before being acquired by Pan Am in 1980.
E1001499 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: National Airlines (US) | Statement: [Douglas DC-6, usedBy, National Airlines (US)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Airlines (US)
Context triple: [Douglas DC-6, usedBy, National Airlines (US)]
  • A. Capital Airlines
    Capital Airlines was a mid-20th-century U.S. regional and trunk airline that became notable for pioneering the use of turboprop aircraft before eventually merging into United Air Lines.
  • B. Capital Airlines
    Capital Airlines is a Chinese domestic carrier based in Beijing that operates passenger flights to various destinations across China and select international routes.
  • C. Western Airlines
    Western Airlines was a major U.S. airline that operated primarily in the western United States and later internationally before merging with Delta Air Lines in 1987.
  • D. Union Airways
    Union Airways was an early South African airline that later became part of the national carrier, South African Airways.
  • E. Eastern Air Lines
    Eastern Air Lines was a major U.S. airline that operated from the 1920s to the early 1990s, serving as one of the country’s largest and most influential carriers, particularly on East Coast and Latin American routes.
  • 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: National Airlines (US)
Triple: [Douglas DC-6, usedBy, National Airlines (US)]
Generated description
National Airlines (US) was a mid-20th-century American airline that operated domestic and international routes, particularly along the East Coast and to Florida, before being acquired by Pan Am in 1980.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Airlines (US)
Target entity description: National Airlines (US) was a mid-20th-century American airline that operated domestic and international routes, particularly along the East Coast and to Florida, before being acquired by Pan Am in 1980.
  • A. Capital Airlines
    Capital Airlines was a mid-20th-century U.S. regional and trunk airline that became notable for pioneering the use of turboprop aircraft before eventually merging into United Air Lines.
  • B. Capital Airlines
    Capital Airlines is a Chinese domestic carrier based in Beijing that operates passenger flights to various destinations across China and select international routes.
  • C. Western Airlines
    Western Airlines was a major U.S. airline that operated primarily in the western United States and later internationally before merging with Delta Air Lines in 1987.
  • D. Union Airways
    Union Airways was an early South African airline that later became part of the national carrier, South African Airways.
  • E. Eastern Air Lines
    Eastern Air Lines was a major U.S. airline that operated from the 1920s to the early 1990s, serving as one of the country’s largest and most influential carriers, particularly on East Coast and Latin American routes.
  • 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_69d7bdeaf49c8190b13800111fa77ea3 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d960c2e5b88190a7cc16002b218d8a completed April 10, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f684daedc88190adc403f27a850b7a completed May 2, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f685dac5cc8190b4bc2d81186c9266 completed May 2, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6869156048190b548ecd04561deb8 completed May 2, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:12 p.m.