Triple
T14980520
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wheelus Air Base |
E373561
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lt. Richard Wheelus
Lt. Richard Wheelus was a U.S. Air Force officer in whose honor the former American air base in Tripoli, Libya, was named.
|
E1130814
|
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: Lt. Richard Wheelus | Statement: [Wheelus Air Base, namedAfter, Lt. Richard Wheelus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lt. Richard Wheelus Context triple: [Wheelus Air Base, namedAfter, Lt. Richard Wheelus]
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A.
Lieutenant Richard C. Saufley
Lieutenant Richard C. Saufley was a pioneering early U.S. Navy aviator and flight instructor whose service and sacrifice helped advance naval aviation.
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B.
Maj. William Earl Brown
Maj. William Earl Brown was a U.S. military aviator commemorated for his service and sacrifice, for whom Brown Field Municipal Airport in San Diego is named.
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C.
Lt. Frank Benjamin Tyndall
Lt. Frank Benjamin Tyndall was a U.S. Army Air Service pilot and World War I flying ace after whom Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida is named.
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D.
Lieutenant William F. Kinderman
Lieutenant William F. Kinderman is a seasoned, introspective police detective who investigates a series of gruesome, seemingly supernatural murders in the horror film *The Exorcist III*.
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E.
Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding
Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding is the fast-talking, wisecracking Groucho Marx character who serves as the central comedic figure in the Marx Brothers film "Animal Crackers."
- 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: Lt. Richard Wheelus Triple: [Wheelus Air Base, namedAfter, Lt. Richard Wheelus]
Generated description
Lt. Richard Wheelus was a U.S. Air Force officer in whose honor the former American air base in Tripoli, Libya, was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lt. Richard Wheelus Target entity description: Lt. Richard Wheelus was a U.S. Air Force officer in whose honor the former American air base in Tripoli, Libya, was named.
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A.
Lieutenant Richard C. Saufley
Lieutenant Richard C. Saufley was a pioneering early U.S. Navy aviator and flight instructor whose service and sacrifice helped advance naval aviation.
-
B.
Maj. William Earl Brown
Maj. William Earl Brown was a U.S. military aviator commemorated for his service and sacrifice, for whom Brown Field Municipal Airport in San Diego is named.
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C.
Lt. Frank Benjamin Tyndall
Lt. Frank Benjamin Tyndall was a U.S. Army Air Service pilot and World War I flying ace after whom Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida is named.
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D.
Lieutenant William F. Kinderman
Lieutenant William F. Kinderman is a seasoned, introspective police detective who investigates a series of gruesome, seemingly supernatural murders in the horror film *The Exorcist III*.
-
E.
Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding
Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding is the fast-talking, wisecracking Groucho Marx character who serves as the central comedic figure in the Marx Brothers film "Animal Crackers."
- 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_69d85ccbbcd48190acb56e7cf104d8ad |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded6fcebf481909f72cab577560d82 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe8bef015c8190bdfb1b9144b2a55c |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe8fec76848190b83c6399aaacda76 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe9090d23c8190b8a90e8ad8dacade |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:52 a.m.