Triple

T12769138
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Beth Johanssen E305199 entity
Predicate usesTechnology P1485 FINISHED
Object Hermes communication systems
Hermes communication systems is the high-speed, long-range interplanetary communications network featured in *The Martian*, enabling data exchange between the Hermes spacecraft and Earth.
 E1002641 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: Hermes communication systems | Statement: [Beth Johanssen, usesTechnology, Hermes communication systems]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hermes communication systems
Context triple: [Beth Johanssen, usesTechnology, Hermes communication systems]
  • A. Axiom communication systems
    Axiom Communication Systems is a company specializing in the design and provision of communication technology solutions and services.
  • B. Hermes 450
    The Hermes 450 is an Israeli-made tactical unmanned aerial vehicle widely used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions by various air forces around the world.
  • C. CASSIOPE communications system
    The CASSIOPE communications system is a Canadian satellite-based platform designed to provide advanced digital communications and data services from low Earth orbit.
  • D. Metricom
    Metricom was a pioneering wireless data communications company best known for its Ricochet wireless internet service in the 1990s.
  • E. Milstar communications satellites
    Milstar communications satellites are a constellation of secure, jam-resistant U.S. military spacecraft designed to provide survivable, global, low-data-rate communications for strategic and tactical forces.
  • 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: Hermes communication systems
Triple: [Beth Johanssen, usesTechnology, Hermes communication systems]
Generated description
Hermes communication systems is the high-speed, long-range interplanetary communications network featured in *The Martian*, enabling data exchange between the Hermes spacecraft and Earth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hermes communication systems
Target entity description: Hermes communication systems is the high-speed, long-range interplanetary communications network featured in *The Martian*, enabling data exchange between the Hermes spacecraft and Earth.
  • A. Axiom communication systems
    Axiom Communication Systems is a company specializing in the design and provision of communication technology solutions and services.
  • B. Hermes 450
    The Hermes 450 is an Israeli-made tactical unmanned aerial vehicle widely used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions by various air forces around the world.
  • C. CASSIOPE communications system
    The CASSIOPE communications system is a Canadian satellite-based platform designed to provide advanced digital communications and data services from low Earth orbit.
  • D. Metricom
    Metricom was a pioneering wireless data communications company best known for its Ricochet wireless internet service in the 1990s.
  • E. Milstar communications satellites
    Milstar communications satellites are a constellation of secure, jam-resistant U.S. military spacecraft designed to provide survivable, global, low-data-rate communications for strategic and tactical forces.
  • 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_69d7bdf2b43c819098ae5aa68e61ea58 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96df3b2f88190b37b696400178795 completed April 10, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f684f750a08190abf6122baa579bc4 completed May 2, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6890782c48190ae93866cf39b1c25 completed May 2, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f68976b60881908abf5b69b8c37e6e completed May 2, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.