Triple

T1432158
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vickers Wellington E30471 entity
Predicate powerplant P9904 FINISHED
Object Bristol Hercules radial engine
The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.
E168658 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: Bristol Hercules radial engine | Statement: [Vickers Wellington, powerplant, Bristol Hercules radial engine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bristol Hercules radial engine
Context triple: [Vickers Wellington, powerplant, Bristol Hercules radial engine]
  • A. Bristol Pegasus radial engine
    The Bristol Pegasus radial engine was a widely used British air-cooled aircraft engine of the interwar and World War II era, powering numerous bombers and transport aircraft.
  • B. Mitsubishi Kinsei radial engine
    The Mitsubishi Kinsei was a Japanese air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II combat aircraft.
  • C. Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radial engine
    The Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone is a powerful American 18-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II and early postwar bombers and airliners.
  • D. Rolls-Royce Merlin
    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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Bristol Hercules radial engine
Triple: [Vickers Wellington, powerplant, Bristol Hercules radial engine]
Generated description
The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bristol Hercules radial engine
Target entity description: The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.
  • A. Bristol Pegasus radial engine
    The Bristol Pegasus radial engine was a widely used British air-cooled aircraft engine of the interwar and World War II era, powering numerous bombers and transport aircraft.
  • B. Mitsubishi Kinsei radial engine
    The Mitsubishi Kinsei was a Japanese air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II combat aircraft.
  • C. Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radial engine
    The Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone is a powerful American 18-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II and early postwar bombers and airliners.
  • D. Rolls-Royce Merlin
    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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a498fc69ec8190b61722bd4b67c4d2 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c4ddbe208190a68cb000a6970d17 completed March 1, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad159c0a6881909a1c4e213209dc84 completed March 8, 2026, 6:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad164d4cfc8190a1be23c814b6b18f completed March 8, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad16a5c76c8190a0bb3ccf5557b1b0 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.