Triple
T1729824
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ninth Air Force |
E37583
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Hoyt S. Vandenberg was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Director of Central Intelligence, playing a key role in the development of American air power during and after World War II.
|
E200373
|
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: Hoyt S. Vandenberg | Statement: [Ninth Air Force, notableCommander, Hoyt S. Vandenberg]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hoyt S. Vandenberg Context triple: [Ninth Air Force, notableCommander, Hoyt S. Vandenberg]
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A.
William A. Moffett
William A. Moffett was a pioneering U.S. Navy admiral known as the “Father of Naval Aviation” for his crucial role in developing and championing American air power at sea.
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B.
James E. Webb
James E. Webb was an American government official who served as NASA’s second administrator, overseeing key early space missions during the 1960s.
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C.
John A. McCone
John A. McCone was an American industrialist and government official who served as Director of Central Intelligence during the early 1960s, overseeing the CIA through critical Cold War events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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D.
George R. Brown
George R. Brown was an American engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the construction firm Brown & Root and a major benefactor of educational and civic institutions in Houston, Texas.
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E.
Joe Engle
Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
- 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: Hoyt S. Vandenberg Triple: [Ninth Air Force, notableCommander, Hoyt S. Vandenberg]
Generated description
Hoyt S. Vandenberg was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Director of Central Intelligence, playing a key role in the development of American air power during and after World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hoyt S. Vandenberg Target entity description: Hoyt S. Vandenberg was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Director of Central Intelligence, playing a key role in the development of American air power during and after World War II.
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A.
William A. Moffett
William A. Moffett was a pioneering U.S. Navy admiral known as the “Father of Naval Aviation” for his crucial role in developing and championing American air power at sea.
-
B.
James E. Webb
James E. Webb was an American government official who served as NASA’s second administrator, overseeing key early space missions during the 1960s.
-
C.
John A. McCone
John A. McCone was an American industrialist and government official who served as Director of Central Intelligence during the early 1960s, overseeing the CIA through critical Cold War events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
-
D.
George R. Brown
George R. Brown was an American engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the construction firm Brown & Root and a major benefactor of educational and civic institutions in Houston, Texas.
-
E.
Joe Engle
Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
- 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_69a8861acab88190bb43cde203429399 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa637f202c8190b46a31bef51465c8 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adb5c065088190b831c65ae55eed14 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adb69b142c81909dd8bd40e8e440ad |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adb8bac99081908cf126d42c609559 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.