Triple
T13349901
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting |
E318042
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPrimaryWitness |
P109136
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kenneth Arnold |
E1034671
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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, hasPrimaryWitness, Kenneth Arnold]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Arnold Context triple: [1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting, hasPrimaryWitness, Kenneth Arnold]
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A.
Kenneth Arnold
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Walter Tibbets
Walter Tibbets is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Tibbets.
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E.
Andrew Tibbets
Andrew Tibbets is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Tibbets.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasPrimaryWitness Context triple: [1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting, hasPrimaryWitness, Kenneth Arnold]
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A.
hasPrimarySee
Indicates that one entity is designated as the main or preferred "see" reference or cross-reference for another entity.
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B.
hasWitnessType
Indicates that an event, incident, or situation is associated with a specific category or type of witness involved.
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C.
hasPrimary
Indicates that one entity is designated as the main or most important instance (the primary) in relation to another entity.
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D.
hasPrimaryAccessFrom
Indicates that one entity serves as the main or preferred point of access or entry to another entity.
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E.
hasSecondary
Indicates that an entity is associated with an additional or subordinate counterpart beyond its primary one.
- 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_69f726738ea08190b0b7634b29f5d94e |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:41 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d98f6e53d88190bd6aa42f69b10ffb |
completed | April 11, 2026, 12:01 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69d99073e4708190843bda3a1ae78f43 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.