Triple

T16663238
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Collins Aerospace E404912 entity
Predicate formedByMergerOf P77 FINISHED
Object Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins was a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and manufacturing advanced avionics, communications, and electronic systems for commercial and military aircraft.
 E42825 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: Rockwell Collins | Statement: [Collins Aerospace, formedByMergerOf, Rockwell Collins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rockwell Collins
Context triple: [Collins Aerospace, formedByMergerOf, Rockwell Collins]
  • A. Thales Avionics
    Thales Avionics is a division of Thales Group that specializes in designing and manufacturing advanced avionics systems and equipment for civil and military aircraft.
  • B. Flytronic
    Flytronic is a Polish company specializing in advanced unmanned aerial systems and related technologies for defense and security applications.
  • C. Collins Aerospace
    Collins Aerospace is a major American aerospace and defense company that designs and manufactures advanced avionics, aircraft systems, and related technologies for commercial, military, and space applications.
  • D. Esterline Technologies
    Esterline Technologies is a major aerospace and defense manufacturing company known for producing advanced avionics, sensors, and specialized systems for commercial and military aircraft.
  • E. Textron Systems
    Textron Systems is a U.S.-based defense and aerospace technology company that develops and manufactures advanced military systems, unmanned platforms, and related solutions.
  • 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: Rockwell Collins
Triple: [Collins Aerospace, formedByMergerOf, Rockwell Collins]
Generated description
Rockwell Collins was a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and manufacturing advanced avionics, communications, and electronic systems for commercial and military aircraft.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rockwell Collins
Target entity description: Rockwell Collins was a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and manufacturing advanced avionics, communications, and electronic systems for commercial and military aircraft.
  • A. Thales Avionics
    Thales Avionics is a division of Thales Group that specializes in designing and manufacturing advanced avionics systems and equipment for civil and military aircraft.
  • B. Flytronic
    Flytronic is a Polish company specializing in advanced unmanned aerial systems and related technologies for defense and security applications.
  • C. Collins Aerospace chosen
    Collins Aerospace is a major American aerospace and defense company that designs and manufactures advanced avionics, aircraft systems, and related technologies for commercial, military, and space applications.
  • D. Esterline Technologies
    Esterline Technologies is a major aerospace and defense manufacturing company known for producing advanced avionics, sensors, and specialized systems for commercial and military aircraft.
  • E. Textron Systems
    Textron Systems is a U.S.-based defense and aerospace technology company that develops and manufactures advanced military systems, unmanned platforms, and related solutions.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8838b5fbc81908c6575c132b82e80 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37c9afd048190b73bbc9c423915ca completed April 18, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0084d091e0819088a98ef4aa775d07 completed May 10, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a008585ba6c8190b5c870ebe1c93ffc completed May 10, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a008624706881909e9a265a37eeb3fc completed May 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:18 a.m.