Triple

T22134482
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United Launch Alliance Vulcan program E546989 entity
Predicate usesUpperStageFamily P91318 FINISHED
Object Centaur upper stages 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: Centaur upper stages | Statement: [United Launch Alliance Vulcan program, usesUpperStageFamily, Centaur upper stages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Centaur upper stages
Context triple: [United Launch Alliance Vulcan program, usesUpperStageFamily, Centaur upper stages]
  • A. Centaur upper stage chosen
    The Centaur upper stage is a high-energy rocket stage developed by the United States that pioneered the use of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants to boost payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits and interplanetary trajectories.
  • B. Starship upper stage
    The Starship upper stage is the fully reusable spacecraft component of SpaceX’s Starship launch system, designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
  • C. Briz-M upper stage
    The Briz-M upper stage is a Russian rocket stage used primarily on Proton and Angara launch vehicles to place satellites into high orbits such as geostationary transfer and medium Earth orbit.
  • D. Ablestar upper stage
    The Ablestar upper stage was a liquid-fueled rocket stage developed in the late 1950s–early 1960s to enhance the Thor missile’s capability for placing satellites into orbit and performing precise orbital maneuvers.
  • E. Atlas-Centaur
    Atlas-Centaur was an American expendable launch vehicle family that combined an Atlas booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send payloads, including early interplanetary probes, into space.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usesUpperStageFamily
Context triple: [United Launch Alliance Vulcan program, usesUpperStageFamily, Centaur upper stages]
  • A. upperStageFamily
    Indicates that one entity is classified as belonging to the same family or type of upper rocket stages as another entity.
  • B. compatibleUpperStage
    Indicates that one stage of a launch vehicle can function correctly and safely as the upper stage when paired with a given lower stage or booster.
  • C. usedByFamilyOf
    Indicates that something is utilized or consumed by members of a particular family or household.
  • D. usesStageType chosen
    Indicates that one entity employs or operates with a particular type or category of stage.
  • E. usedByFamily
    Indicates that something is regularly utilized or consumed by a family as a group.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (3 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_69e11e39bf348190b541bfa16a7b71e0 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f129b8f4248190b6342c8d00942c25 completed April 28, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e71b384e008190b723c9a0f1089d66 completed April 21, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:32 p.m.