Triple

T13468416
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dorothy Wetzel Hunt E311564 entity
Predicate flightInvolved P83944 FINISHED
Object United Airlines Flight 553
United Airlines Flight 553 was a 1972 domestic passenger flight that crashed while approaching Chicago Midway Airport, killing several people including Dorothy Hunt, the wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, and later becoming the subject of political controversy and conspiracy theories.
E1042695 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: United Airlines Flight 553 | Statement: [Dorothy Wetzel Hunt, flightInvolved, United Airlines Flight 553]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Airlines Flight 553
Context triple: [Dorothy Wetzel Hunt, flightInvolved, United Airlines Flight 553]
  • A. Braniff Flight 542
    Braniff Flight 542 was a 1959 Braniff Airways domestic passenger flight that broke up in midair near Buffalo, Texas, killing all aboard and becoming one of the early fatal accidents involving the Lockheed L-188 Electra.
  • B. BEA Flight 609
    BEA Flight 609 was the British European Airways charter flight that crashed in 1958 at Munich-Riem Airport, a tragedy remembered as the Munich air disaster that killed many Manchester United players and staff.
  • C. Alaska Airlines Flight 261
    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight that tragically crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after a catastrophic mechanical failure, killing all 88 people on board and prompting major safety investigations and reforms.
  • D. United Airlines Flight 93
    United Airlines Flight 93 was a hijacked passenger flight during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to overpower the hijackers.
  • E. Colgan Air
    Colgan Air was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder flights for major carriers under brands such as United Express and Continental Connection before ceasing operations in 2012.
  • 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: United Airlines Flight 553
Triple: [Dorothy Wetzel Hunt, flightInvolved, United Airlines Flight 553]
Generated description
United Airlines Flight 553 was a 1972 domestic passenger flight that crashed while approaching Chicago Midway Airport, killing several people including Dorothy Hunt, the wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, and later becoming the subject of political controversy and conspiracy theories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Airlines Flight 553
Target entity description: United Airlines Flight 553 was a 1972 domestic passenger flight that crashed while approaching Chicago Midway Airport, killing several people including Dorothy Hunt, the wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, and later becoming the subject of political controversy and conspiracy theories.
  • A. Braniff Flight 542
    Braniff Flight 542 was a 1959 Braniff Airways domestic passenger flight that broke up in midair near Buffalo, Texas, killing all aboard and becoming one of the early fatal accidents involving the Lockheed L-188 Electra.
  • B. BEA Flight 609
    BEA Flight 609 was the British European Airways charter flight that crashed in 1958 at Munich-Riem Airport, a tragedy remembered as the Munich air disaster that killed many Manchester United players and staff.
  • C. Alaska Airlines Flight 261
    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight that tragically crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after a catastrophic mechanical failure, killing all 88 people on board and prompting major safety investigations and reforms.
  • D. United Airlines Flight 93
    United Airlines Flight 93 was a hijacked passenger flight during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to overpower the hijackers.
  • E. Colgan Air
    Colgan Air was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder flights for major carriers under brands such as United Express and Continental Connection before ceasing operations in 2012.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: flightInvolved
Context triple: [Dorothy Wetzel Hunt, flightInvolved, United Airlines Flight 553]
  • A. airlineInvolved
    Indicates that a specific airline is directly associated with, or plays a role in, a particular event, situation, or context.
  • B. flightNumberInAccident chosen
    Indicates that a specific flight number is associated with an accident event.
  • C. aircraftInvolvedInDeath
    Indicates that an aircraft played a direct role in causing or contributing to a person's death.
  • D. planeNumber
    Indicates that an entity is associated with a specific airplane identification number (such as a tail number or flight number).
  • E. carrierAircraft
    Indicates that an aircraft is designed, equipped, or used to operate from an aircraft carrier.
  • 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_69d806a938b8819097ec43a2229fc7f9 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf21e46081908a00c9acf54f270f completed April 12, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f74629f1408190b54194fe794be39a completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7493168a481908f99283914b39db5 completed May 3, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7499aa5ac8190a93afda115694795 completed May 3, 2026, 1:11 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69dbadfddefc81909ef7fde23b181b5c completed April 12, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:42 p.m.