Triple
T17579104
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Langley Air Force Base |
E428150
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Samuel Pierpont Langley |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Samuel Pierpont Langley | Statement: [Langley Air Force Base, namedAfter, Samuel Pierpont Langley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Pierpont Langley Context triple: [Langley Air Force Base, namedAfter, Samuel Pierpont Langley]
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A.
Samuel Pierpont Langley
chosen
Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, and aviation pioneer known for his early experiments with heavier-than-air flight and for serving as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
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B.
Gustave Whitehead
Gustave Whitehead was an early aviation pioneer who controversially is claimed by some historians to have achieved powered flight before the Wright brothers.
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C.
Horatio G. Wright
Horatio G. Wright was a Union Army general and engineer in the American Civil War, best known for leading the VI Corps in several major campaigns.
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D.
Octave Chanute
Octave Chanute was a pioneering civil engineer and aviation experimenter whose aeronautical research and mentorship significantly shaped the development of early powered flight.
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E.
Orville Adalbert Derby
Orville Adalbert Derby was an American geologist and naturalist renowned for his pioneering geological surveys and scientific work in Brazil during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d889e1030481909950e140c63255b9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e463cc493c8190965680cf786aa531 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:50 a.m.