Triple

T1750090

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	McDonnell Douglas YC-15	`E38419`	entity
Predicate	program	`P804`	FINISHED
Object	Advanced Medium STOL Transport program The Advanced Medium STOL Transport program was a U.S. Air Force development effort in the 1970s to create a new generation of short takeoff and landing tactical airlifters, from which aircraft like the McDonnell Douglas YC-15 emerged.	`E196904`	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: Advanced Medium STOL Transport program | Statement: [McDonnell Douglas YC-15, program, Advanced Medium STOL Transport program]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Advanced Medium STOL Transport program
Context triple: [McDonnell Douglas YC-15, program, Advanced Medium STOL Transport program]

A. Advanced Air Vehicles Program
The Advanced Air Vehicles Program is a NASA aeronautics initiative focused on developing and demonstrating next-generation aircraft technologies to improve efficiency, sustainability, and safety in air transportation.
B. C-27J Spartan aircraft
The C-27J Spartan aircraft is a twin-engine tactical military transport plane known for its short takeoff and landing capability, rugged design, and versatile cargo and troop-carrying roles.
C. Supplementary Special-purpose Plane
The Supplementary Special-purpose Plane is a Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 code plane reserved for specialized, non-standardized, or future-use characters beyond the basic multilingual and supplementary planes.
D. KC-X program
The KC-X program was a U.S. Air Force acquisition initiative to develop and procure a next-generation aerial refueling tanker to replace aging KC-135 aircraft.
E. Alpha Jet
The Alpha Jet is a light attack and advanced jet trainer aircraft developed jointly by France and Germany in the 1970s and widely used for pilot training and tactical support roles.
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: Advanced Medium STOL Transport program
Triple: [McDonnell Douglas YC-15, program, Advanced Medium STOL Transport program]

Generated description

The Advanced Medium STOL Transport program was a U.S. Air Force development effort in the 1970s to create a new generation of short takeoff and landing tactical airlifters, from which aircraft like the McDonnell Douglas YC-15 emerged.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Advanced Medium STOL Transport program
Target entity description: The Advanced Medium STOL Transport program was a U.S. Air Force development effort in the 1970s to create a new generation of short takeoff and landing tactical airlifters, from which aircraft like the McDonnell Douglas YC-15 emerged.

A. Advanced Air Vehicles Program
The Advanced Air Vehicles Program is a NASA aeronautics initiative focused on developing and demonstrating next-generation aircraft technologies to improve efficiency, sustainability, and safety in air transportation.
B. C-27J Spartan aircraft
The C-27J Spartan aircraft is a twin-engine tactical military transport plane known for its short takeoff and landing capability, rugged design, and versatile cargo and troop-carrying roles.
C. Supplementary Special-purpose Plane
The Supplementary Special-purpose Plane is a Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 code plane reserved for specialized, non-standardized, or future-use characters beyond the basic multilingual and supplementary planes.
D. KC-X program
The KC-X program was a U.S. Air Force acquisition initiative to develop and procure a next-generation aerial refueling tanker to replace aging KC-135 aircraft.
E. Alpha Jet
The Alpha Jet is a light attack and advanced jet trainer aircraft developed jointly by France and Germany in the 1970s and widely used for pilot training and tactical support roles.
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_69a8862bdb2081908aefe831c8aa8017`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69aa64108a208190ae7190065818e42c`	completed	March 6, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ada0e40cb88190953c639ee2464a54`	completed	March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ada1a2fb9481909d9ed587921ca6b6`	completed	March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ada4e28830819082ed7facee14587f`	completed	March 8, 2026, 4:33 p.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.