Triple

T13350088
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 2004 USS Nimitz incident E318046 entity
Predicate involvedPersonnel P15562 FINISHED
Object David Fravor
David Fravor is a retired U.S. Navy commander and former F/A-18 pilot best known for his eyewitness account of the 2004 "Tic Tac" UFO encounter off the USS Nimitz.
E1036133 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: David Fravor | Statement: [2004 USS Nimitz incident, involvedPersonnel, David Fravor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Fravor
Context triple: [2004 USS Nimitz incident, involvedPersonnel, David Fravor]
  • A. Keith Fraase
    Keith Fraase is a film editor best known for his work on the movie "Chappaquiddick."
  • B. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • C. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • D. David Franko
    David Franko is a film editor known for his work on the adventure-comedy movie "The Lost City."
  • E. Drew Friedman
    Drew Friedman is an American illustrator and cartoonist renowned for his highly detailed, often satirical portraits of celebrities and pop culture figures.
  • 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: David Fravor
Triple: [2004 USS Nimitz incident, involvedPersonnel, David Fravor]
Generated description
David Fravor is a retired U.S. Navy commander and former F/A-18 pilot best known for his eyewitness account of the 2004 "Tic Tac" UFO encounter off the USS Nimitz.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Fravor
Target entity description: David Fravor is a retired U.S. Navy commander and former F/A-18 pilot best known for his eyewitness account of the 2004 "Tic Tac" UFO encounter off the USS Nimitz.
  • A. Keith Fraase
    Keith Fraase is a film editor best known for his work on the movie "Chappaquiddick."
  • B. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • C. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • D. David Franko
    David Franko is a film editor known for his work on the adventure-comedy movie "The Lost City."
  • E. Drew Friedman
    Drew Friedman is an American illustrator and cartoonist renowned for his highly detailed, often satirical portraits of celebrities and pop culture figures.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: involvedPersonnel
Context triple: [2004 USS Nimitz incident, involvedPersonnel, David Fravor]
  • A. personnel
    Indicates that an entity serves as staff or workforce associated with another entity, such as an organization, project, or facility.
  • B. crewInvolvedIn
    Indicates that a crew (as a group or unit) participates in, contributes to, or is otherwise involved in a specified event, activity, or operation.
  • C. personnelComposition
    Indicates the makeup or distribution of people or roles within a group, organization, or unit.
  • D. authorizedPersonnel
    Indicates that the referenced entity is officially permitted or empowered to access, use, or perform actions within a specified system, resource, or context.
  • E. involvedActor chosen
    Indicates that an entity participates as an actor or participant in the referenced event, activity, or situation.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7270bf9308190a3e9427ffce0e3ee completed May 3, 2026, 10:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f727d063c4819084b4990a0d759f79 completed May 3, 2026, 10:47 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d98f6e53d88190bd6aa42f69b10ffb completed April 11, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.