Triple
T16949736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vanguard |
E411150
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstSuccessfulOrbitalPayload |
P125352
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Vanguard 1 |
E15283
|
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: Vanguard 1 | Statement: [Vanguard, firstSuccessfulOrbitalPayload, Vanguard 1]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vanguard 1 Context triple: [Vanguard, firstSuccessfulOrbitalPayload, Vanguard 1]
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A.
Vanguard 1 satellite
chosen
Vanguard 1 satellite is an early American artificial Earth satellite launched in 1958 that became the fourth human-made object in space and the oldest still in orbit, used primarily for geophysical and atmospheric research.
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B.
Vanguard 3
Vanguard 3 was an early American scientific satellite launched in 1959 to study Earth's magnetic field, radiation environment, and upper atmosphere as part of the Vanguard program.
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C.
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 and marking the beginning of the space age.
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D.
Vanguard TV-1
Vanguard TV-1 was an early American test vehicle in the Vanguard rocket program, used to develop and validate technologies for the first U.S. orbital launch attempts during the late 1950s space race.
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E.
Pioneer 1
Pioneer 1 was an early U.S. lunar probe launched in 1958 as part of NASA’s first series of deep-space exploration missions.
- 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: firstSuccessfulOrbitalPayload Context triple: [Vanguard, firstSuccessfulOrbitalPayload, Vanguard 1]
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A.
firstSuccessfulOrbitalLaunch
Indicates that the event is the earliest instance in which a launch successfully placed a payload into a stable orbit around a celestial body.
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B.
firstOrbitalSuccessPayloadType
Indicates the type or category of payload carried on an entity’s first successful orbital mission.
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C.
firstSuccessfulSatellite
Indicates that the subject entity is the earliest or initial satellite to have successfully achieved its intended operational status or mission.
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D.
firstOrbitalMission
Indicates that the subject entity carried out or was involved in the earliest orbital spaceflight mission associated with the object entity.
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E.
firstSuccessfulOrbitalLaunchVehicle
Indicates that the subject is the launch vehicle that achieved the first successful orbital launch for the associated space program, organization, or country.
- 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_69d886c9c9d481909afe222093641cae |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3cfb570b08190ae3385b0cad32668 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00d46036108190a3ed8cb9f80c47fb |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e32b9aa8748190b248890aca86753d |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:58 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69e355722040819098830dabf207ecd6 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.