Triple

T1416171
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boulton Paul Defiant E31921 entity
Predicate MkIIEngine P2092 FINISHED
Object Rolls-Royce Merlin XX E4518 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: Rolls-Royce Merlin XX | Statement: [Boulton Paul Defiant, MkIIEngine, Rolls-Royce Merlin XX]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rolls-Royce Merlin XX
Context triple: [Boulton Paul Defiant, MkIIEngine, Rolls-Royce Merlin XX]
  • A. Rolls-Royce Merlin chosen
    The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V12 piston aero engine renowned for powering iconic World War II aircraft such as the Spitfire, Hurricane, and Lancaster.
  • B. Rolls-Royce Griffon
    The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a powerful British liquid-cooled V12 aero engine developed during World War II, best known for powering later, high-performance variants of the Supermarine Spitfire and other Royal Air Force aircraft.
  • C. Rolls-Royce Avon engine
    The Rolls-Royce Avon engine is a pioneering British axial-flow turbojet developed in the late 1940s that powered numerous military and civilian aircraft, including early jet airliners and fighters.
  • D. Rolls-Royce Nene engine
    The Rolls-Royce Nene engine is a pioneering late-1940s British centrifugal-flow turbojet whose powerful, compact design significantly advanced early jet aircraft performance and was widely exported and copied worldwide.
  • E. Rolls-Royce Conway engine
    The Rolls-Royce Conway engine was the world’s first production turbofan jet engine, pioneering a more efficient generation of jet propulsion for commercial and military aircraft in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: MkIIEngine
Context triple: [Boulton Paul Defiant, MkIIEngine, Rolls-Royce Merlin XX]
  • A. engineTypeSecondStage
    Indicates the type or classification of the engine used in the second stage of a multi-stage system or vehicle.
  • B. typicalEngine chosen
    Indicates that an entity is the standard or commonly used engine for another entity (such as a vehicle, device, or system).
  • C. firstStageEngine
    Indicates that an engine functions as the primary propulsion unit used in the first stage of a multi-stage launch vehicle or rocket.
  • D. engine
    Indicates a relationship where something functions as, contains, or is driven by an engine as its source of mechanical power or propulsion.
  • E. numberOfEngines
    Indicates the quantity of engines associated with or used by an entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69a49919a994819086528951bc224775 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c402b1648190b87802d9beb2712e completed March 1, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad08ae530081909695bde0d9c46d41 completed March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bf060b0081909ba00e6ac093a28b completed March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.