Triple
T17271119
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry |
E419259
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James S. McDonnell |
E204416
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James S. McDonnell | Statement: [James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry, namedAfter, James S. McDonnell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James S. McDonnell Context triple: [James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry, namedAfter, James S. McDonnell]
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A.
James Smith McDonnell
chosen
James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
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B.
Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded one of the early major aircraft manufacturing companies in the United States.
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C.
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was a pioneering American aerospace engineer and head of Lockheed's Skunk Works, renowned for leading the design of advanced aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.
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D.
Richard T. Whitcomb
Richard T. Whitcomb was an influential American aeronautical engineer best known for pioneering the area rule, supercritical airfoils, and winglets, which significantly improved aircraft performance.
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E.
Fairchild Van Waldenberg
Fairchild Van Waldenberg is a competitive figure skater and one of the antagonistic Van Waldenberg siblings in the comedy film "Blades of Glory."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d886da626481908a14ce7830329a35 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42f4a3c4c81908a28c9f8bdf648ca |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01794a09b8819086da30f38c6d4c20 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m.