Triple

T13545928
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hydra-Matic automatic transmission E323509 entity
Predicate firstUsedIn P4114 FINISHED
Object 1940 Oldsmobile
The 1940 Oldsmobile is a historic American automobile notable for being among the first mass-produced cars to feature a fully automatic transmission.
E1046093 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: 1940 Oldsmobile | Statement: [Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, firstUsedIn, 1940 Oldsmobile]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1940 Oldsmobile
Context triple: [Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, firstUsedIn, 1940 Oldsmobile]
  • A. 1949 Oldsmobile 88
    The 1949 Oldsmobile 88 is a landmark American full-size car widely credited with helping launch the muscle car era by combining a relatively lightweight body with a powerful overhead-valve V8 engine.
  • B. Oldsmobile Model B
    The Oldsmobile Model B was an early 20th-century American automobile that followed Oldsmobile’s pioneering Curved Dash runabout with a more advanced and substantial design.
  • C. Oldsmobile Rocket
    Oldsmobile Rocket is a historic line of high-compression V8 engines introduced by Oldsmobile in the late 1940s that became iconic for their performance and influence on the early muscle car era.
  • D. Oldsmobile F-85
    The Oldsmobile F-85 was a compact/midsize car produced by Oldsmobile in the 1960s that served as the basis for the brand’s popular performance models, including the 442.
  • E. Oldsmobile Calais
    The Oldsmobile Calais was a compact front-wheel-drive car produced by General Motors' Oldsmobile division in the 1980s and early 1990s as an entry-level model.
  • 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: 1940 Oldsmobile
Triple: [Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, firstUsedIn, 1940 Oldsmobile]
Generated description
The 1940 Oldsmobile is a historic American automobile notable for being among the first mass-produced cars to feature a fully automatic transmission.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1940 Oldsmobile
Target entity description: The 1940 Oldsmobile is a historic American automobile notable for being among the first mass-produced cars to feature a fully automatic transmission.
  • A. 1949 Oldsmobile 88
    The 1949 Oldsmobile 88 is a landmark American full-size car widely credited with helping launch the muscle car era by combining a relatively lightweight body with a powerful overhead-valve V8 engine.
  • B. Oldsmobile Model B
    The Oldsmobile Model B was an early 20th-century American automobile that followed Oldsmobile’s pioneering Curved Dash runabout with a more advanced and substantial design.
  • C. Oldsmobile Rocket
    Oldsmobile Rocket is a historic line of high-compression V8 engines introduced by Oldsmobile in the late 1940s that became iconic for their performance and influence on the early muscle car era.
  • D. Oldsmobile F-85
    The Oldsmobile F-85 was a compact/midsize car produced by Oldsmobile in the 1960s that served as the basis for the brand’s popular performance models, including the 442.
  • E. Oldsmobile Calais
    The Oldsmobile Calais was a compact front-wheel-drive car produced by General Motors' Oldsmobile division in the 1980s and early 1990s as an entry-level model.
  • 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_69d8076776248190bdf0d4fa1f85a5fc completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbafdb466881908fb46642dc66849d completed April 12, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75da2c2008190b43a653a349ea0c7 completed May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75ed5457c819093081c6a22f13c91 completed May 3, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75f7e9d2c81909ec5540b34ac97cb completed May 3, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:45 p.m.