Triple

T20966442
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben T. Epps E516377 entity
Predicate operated P1688 FINISHED
Object Epps Flying Service — 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: Epps Flying Service | Statement: [Ben T. Epps, operated, Epps Flying Service]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Epps Flying Service
Context triple: [Ben T. Epps, operated, Epps Flying Service]
  • A. Maddux Air Lines
    Maddux Air Lines was an early American airline of the late 1920s that operated scheduled passenger services, notably in California, and later merged into Transcontinental Air Transport.
  • B. McGee Airways
    McGee Airways was an early Alaskan airline founded in the 1930s that evolved through mergers and rebranding into what is now Alaska Airlines.
  • C. Western Air Express
    Western Air Express was an early American airline that operated passenger and mail services in the western United States during the late 1920s and 1930s.
  • D. Wedell–Williams Air Service
    Wedell–Williams Air Service was an early 20th-century American aviation company renowned for its pioneering air racing achievements and contributions to commercial flight.
  • E. Varney Air Lines
    Varney Air Lines was an early U.S. airmail and passenger carrier that became one of the key predecessors of modern United Airlines.
  • 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: Epps Flying Service
Target entity description: Epps Flying Service was an early American aviation business associated with pioneer aviator Ben T. Epps, providing flight services and contributing to the development of aviation in the United States.
  • A. Maddux Air Lines
    Maddux Air Lines was an early American airline of the late 1920s that operated scheduled passenger services, notably in California, and later merged into Transcontinental Air Transport.
  • B. McGee Airways
    McGee Airways was an early Alaskan airline founded in the 1930s that evolved through mergers and rebranding into what is now Alaska Airlines.
  • C. Western Air Express
    Western Air Express was an early American airline that operated passenger and mail services in the western United States during the late 1920s and 1930s.
  • D. Wedell–Williams Air Service
    Wedell–Williams Air Service was an early 20th-century American aviation company renowned for its pioneering air racing achievements and contributions to commercial flight.
  • E. Varney Air Lines
    Varney Air Lines was an early U.S. airmail and passenger carrier that became one of the key predecessors of modern United Airlines.
  • 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_69e0b4fde6c48190af1398e7e734629e completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fb74206c819099f9c67eaca45ec1 completed April 21, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:33 p.m.