Triple
T1815378
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McDonnell Douglas |
E40424
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donald Wills Douglas Sr.
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. was an American aircraft designer and industrialist who founded the Douglas Aircraft Company, a major pioneer in commercial and military aviation.
|
E205731
|
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: Donald Wills Douglas Sr. | Statement: [McDonnell Douglas, foundedBy, Donald Wills Douglas Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Wills Douglas Sr. Context triple: [McDonnell Douglas, foundedBy, Donald Wills Douglas Sr.]
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A.
William E. Boeing
William E. Boeing was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the Boeing Company, which became one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers.
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B.
James Smith McDonnell
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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C.
Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
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D.
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes was a reclusive American business magnate, film producer, and pioneering aviator known for his vast wealth, record-setting flights, and increasingly eccentric behavior.
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E.
Elrey Borge Jeppesen
Elrey Borge Jeppesen was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur best known for creating the first standardized aeronautical navigation charts and founding the company that became a global leader in flight information services.
- 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: Donald Wills Douglas Sr. Triple: [McDonnell Douglas, foundedBy, Donald Wills Douglas Sr.]
Generated description
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. was an American aircraft designer and industrialist who founded the Douglas Aircraft Company, a major pioneer in commercial and military aviation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Wills Douglas Sr. Target entity description: Donald Wills Douglas Sr. was an American aircraft designer and industrialist who founded the Douglas Aircraft Company, a major pioneer in commercial and military aviation.
-
A.
William E. Boeing
William E. Boeing was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the Boeing Company, which became one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers.
-
B.
James Smith McDonnell
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.
-
C.
Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
-
D.
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes was a reclusive American business magnate, film producer, and pioneering aviator known for his vast wealth, record-setting flights, and increasingly eccentric behavior.
-
E.
Elrey Borge Jeppesen
Elrey Borge Jeppesen was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur best known for creating the first standardized aeronautical navigation charts and founding the company that became a global leader in flight information services.
- 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa65f4628481909ca8e4c2302752ac |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adc9ac97e081908ab1d30fa41c3e9b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adcb1466788190bdcb50107d838f83 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adcbf5b0b881909d43c748034481f4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.