Triple

T2487243
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Hughes E55953 entity
Predicate aircraftDesigned P31176 FINISHED
Object Hughes H-4 Hercules
The Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the "Spruce Goose," is a massive experimental World War II-era flying boat and the largest wooden aircraft ever built.
E271314 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: Hughes H-4 Hercules | Statement: [Howard Hughes, aircraftDesigned, Hughes H-4 Hercules]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hughes H-4 Hercules
Context triple: [Howard Hughes, aircraftDesigned, Hughes H-4 Hercules]
  • A. Bristol Hercules
    The Bristol Hercules was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and transport aircraft.
  • B. Curtiss C-46 Commando
    The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
  • C. Douglas C-47 Skytrain
    The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
  • D. Handley Page Victor
    The Handley Page Victor was a British Cold War-era strategic bomber later adapted as an aerial refueling tanker, notable for its role supporting long-range missions such as the Falklands War Black Buck raids.
  • E. Wright J-5C Whirlwind
    The Wright J-5C Whirlwind is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine renowned for its reliability and use in pioneering long-distance flights of the late 1920s.
  • 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: Hughes H-4 Hercules
Triple: [Howard Hughes, aircraftDesigned, Hughes H-4 Hercules]
Generated description
The Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the "Spruce Goose," is a massive experimental World War II-era flying boat and the largest wooden aircraft ever built.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hughes H-4 Hercules
Target entity description: The Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the "Spruce Goose," is a massive experimental World War II-era flying boat and the largest wooden aircraft ever built.
  • A. Bristol Hercules
    The Bristol Hercules was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and transport aircraft.
  • B. Curtiss C-46 Commando
    The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
  • C. Douglas C-47 Skytrain
    The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
  • D. Handley Page Victor
    The Handley Page Victor was a British Cold War-era strategic bomber later adapted as an aerial refueling tanker, notable for its role supporting long-range missions such as the Falklands War Black Buck raids.
  • E. Wright J-5C Whirlwind
    The Wright J-5C Whirlwind is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine renowned for its reliability and use in pioneering long-distance flights of the late 1920s.
  • 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_69ab49e670a88190b928e08302381710 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd82f2020819086bbd321a750ce43 completed March 7, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af17bca6f88190a63672fb3372f0be completed March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af1b7224488190bf896b2c77c3ba0a completed March 9, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af1c7b0f088190870b2ed18756b0d5 completed March 9, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.