Triple

T16858985
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sputnik 3 E409858 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object Sputnik 4
Sputnik 4 was an early Soviet spacecraft launched in 1960 as part of the USSR’s pioneering series of artificial Earth satellites during the space race.
 E1239462 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: Sputnik 4 | Statement: [Sputnik 3, followedBy, Sputnik 4]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sputnik 4
Context triple: [Sputnik 3, followedBy, Sputnik 4]
  • A. Salyut 4
    Salyut 4 was a Soviet-era Earth-orbiting space station used primarily for scientific research and astronomical observations in the mid-1970s.
  • B. Salyut 3
    Salyut 3 was a Soviet military space station launched in 1974 as part of the secretive Almaz program, used to test reconnaissance and defense technologies in orbit.
  • C. Sputnik 3
    Sputnik 3 was a Soviet scientific research satellite launched in 1958 to conduct extensive geophysical studies of Earth’s upper atmosphere and near-space environment.
  • D. Vostok 4
    Vostok 4 was a 1962 Soviet crewed spaceflight that, together with Vostok 3, conducted the first simultaneous multi-spacecraft mission in orbit.
  • E. Salyut 5
    Salyut 5 was a Soviet military Almaz-class space station launched in 1976 for reconnaissance and research in low Earth orbit.
  • 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: Sputnik 4
Triple: [Sputnik 3, followedBy, Sputnik 4]
Generated description
Sputnik 4 was an early Soviet spacecraft launched in 1960 as part of the USSR’s pioneering series of artificial Earth satellites during the space race.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sputnik 4
Target entity description: Sputnik 4 was an early Soviet spacecraft launched in 1960 as part of the USSR’s pioneering series of artificial Earth satellites during the space race.
  • A. Salyut 4
    Salyut 4 was a Soviet-era Earth-orbiting space station used primarily for scientific research and astronomical observations in the mid-1970s.
  • B. Salyut 3
    Salyut 3 was a Soviet military space station launched in 1974 as part of the secretive Almaz program, used to test reconnaissance and defense technologies in orbit.
  • C. Sputnik 3
    Sputnik 3 was a Soviet scientific research satellite launched in 1958 to conduct extensive geophysical studies of Earth’s upper atmosphere and near-space environment.
  • D. Vostok 4
    Vostok 4 was a 1962 Soviet crewed spaceflight that, together with Vostok 3, conducted the first simultaneous multi-spacecraft mission in orbit.
  • E. Salyut 5
    Salyut 5 was a Soviet military Almaz-class space station launched in 1976 for reconnaissance and research in low Earth orbit.
  • 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_69d88395e6c88190b22730f335107c14 completed April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b501f72881909f7600311705fb33 completed April 18, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c7a08be48190bd2dbf83205c83ad completed May 10, 2026, 6 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c84fd16c8190b9a7b50f1e77789c completed May 10, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00c8bda3448190a1a5ba2af2b0e5d2 completed May 10, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:24 a.m.