Triple
T20250996
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colgan Air |
E498553
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAccident |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Colgan Air Flight 3407 |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Colgan Air Flight 3407 | Statement: [Colgan Air, notableAccident, Colgan Air Flight 3407]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colgan Air Flight 3407 Context triple: [Colgan Air, notableAccident, Colgan Air Flight 3407]
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A.
Colgan Air
Colgan Air was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder flights for major carriers under brands such as United Express and Continental Connection before ceasing operations in 2012.
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B.
Flight 4590
Flight 4590 was the Air France Concorde flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris in 2000, marking the only fatal accident involving the supersonic airliner.
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C.
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549 was the 2009 passenger flight that famously ditched in the Hudson River after a bird strike disabled both engines, with all 155 people on board surviving.
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D.
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight that tragically crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after a catastrophic mechanical failure, killing all 88 people on board and prompting major safety investigations and reforms.
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E.
Braniff Flight 542
Braniff Flight 542 was a 1959 Braniff Airways domestic passenger flight that broke up in midair near Buffalo, Texas, killing all aboard and becoming one of the early fatal accidents involving the Lockheed L-188 Electra.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colgan Air Flight 3407 Target entity description: Colgan Air Flight 3407 was a 2009 regional passenger flight that crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing all on board and prompting major reforms in U.S. pilot training and fatigue regulations.
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A.
Colgan Air
Colgan Air was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder flights for major carriers under brands such as United Express and Continental Connection before ceasing operations in 2012.
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B.
Flight 4590
Flight 4590 was the Air France Concorde flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris in 2000, marking the only fatal accident involving the supersonic airliner.
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C.
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549 was the 2009 passenger flight that famously ditched in the Hudson River after a bird strike disabled both engines, with all 155 people on board surviving.
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D.
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight that tragically crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after a catastrophic mechanical failure, killing all 88 people on board and prompting major safety investigations and reforms.
-
E.
Braniff Flight 542
Braniff Flight 542 was a 1959 Braniff Airways domestic passenger flight that broke up in midair near Buffalo, Texas, killing all aboard and becoming one of the early fatal accidents involving the Lockheed L-188 Electra.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69da6274c58c81909c646eabed6f4f30 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e673a79a208190a5a7c0f6515bc393 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:42 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:41 p.m.