Triple
T13349887
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting |
E318042
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMainParticipant |
P2434
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kenneth Arnold
Kenneth Arnold was an American aviator whose 1947 report of seeing unusual flying objects near Mount Rainier popularized the term "flying saucers" and is often considered the start of the modern UFO era.
|
E1034671
|
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: Kenneth Arnold | Statement: [1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting, hasMainParticipant, Kenneth Arnold]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Arnold Context triple: [1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting, hasMainParticipant, Kenneth Arnold]
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A.
Donald Keyhoe
Donald Keyhoe was an American Marine Corps officer-turned-author best known as an early and influential proponent of the idea that UFOs were real and possibly extraterrestrial.
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B.
Hubertus Strughold
Hubertus Strughold was a German-born aerospace medicine physician who became known as the “father of space medicine” in the United States after World War II, despite controversy over his involvement in Nazi-era human experiments.
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C.
Walter Tibbets
Walter Tibbets is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Tibbets.
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D.
Andrew Tibbets
Andrew Tibbets is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Tibbets.
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E.
Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers was an American U-2 spy plane pilot whose shootdown and capture over the Soviet Union in 1960 became a major Cold War flashpoint.
- 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: Kenneth Arnold Triple: [1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting, hasMainParticipant, Kenneth Arnold]
Generated description
Kenneth Arnold was an American aviator whose 1947 report of seeing unusual flying objects near Mount Rainier popularized the term "flying saucers" and is often considered the start of the modern UFO era.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Arnold Target entity description: Kenneth Arnold was an American aviator whose 1947 report of seeing unusual flying objects near Mount Rainier popularized the term "flying saucers" and is often considered the start of the modern UFO era.
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A.
Donald Keyhoe
Donald Keyhoe was an American Marine Corps officer-turned-author best known as an early and influential proponent of the idea that UFOs were real and possibly extraterrestrial.
-
B.
Hubertus Strughold
Hubertus Strughold was a German-born aerospace medicine physician who became known as the “father of space medicine” in the United States after World War II, despite controversy over his involvement in Nazi-era human experiments.
-
C.
Walter Tibbets
Walter Tibbets is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Tibbets.
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D.
Andrew Tibbets
Andrew Tibbets is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Tibbets.
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E.
Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers was an American U-2 spy plane pilot whose shootdown and capture over the Soviet Union in 1960 became a major Cold War flashpoint.
- 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d99e8c2f1c819094f0970f35f18afa |
completed | April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f71f47fd7c8190b8d98a181acd7710 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7204b6f108190bca6a0140620e03e |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f720fbf0bc81908c68cf2844938e45 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.