Triple

T2975187
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lockheed Vega E80376 entity
Predicate operator P179 FINISHED
Object Transcontinental Air Transport
Transcontinental Air Transport was an early U.S. airline of the late 1920s and early 1930s that pioneered coast-to-coast passenger service by combining rail and air travel.
E316050 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: Transcontinental Air Transport | Statement: [Lockheed Vega, operator, Transcontinental Air Transport]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transcontinental Air Transport
Context triple: [Lockheed Vega, operator, Transcontinental Air Transport]
  • A. Union Airways
    Union Airways was an early South African airline that later became part of the national carrier, South African Airways.
  • B. Civil Air Transport
    Civil Air Transport was a post–World War II Chinese airline closely linked to U.S. intelligence operations that evolved into a key air transport asset for the CIA in Asia.
  • C. Pan American World Airways
    Pan American World Airways was a pioneering and iconic American international airline that helped popularize long-haul jet travel in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Boeing Air Transport
    Boeing Air Transport was an early American airline and a predecessor of United Airlines that operated mail and passenger services in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
  • E. Pacific Western Airlines
    Pacific Western Airlines was a major Canadian regional and domestic carrier that operated from the mid-20th century until its 1987 merger into Canadian Airlines.
  • 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: Transcontinental Air Transport
Triple: [Lockheed Vega, operator, Transcontinental Air Transport]
Generated description
Transcontinental Air Transport was an early U.S. airline of the late 1920s and early 1930s that pioneered coast-to-coast passenger service by combining rail and air travel.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transcontinental Air Transport
Target entity description: Transcontinental Air Transport was an early U.S. airline of the late 1920s and early 1930s that pioneered coast-to-coast passenger service by combining rail and air travel.
  • A. Union Airways
    Union Airways was an early South African airline that later became part of the national carrier, South African Airways.
  • B. Civil Air Transport
    Civil Air Transport was a post–World War II Chinese airline closely linked to U.S. intelligence operations that evolved into a key air transport asset for the CIA in Asia.
  • C. Pan American World Airways
    Pan American World Airways was a pioneering and iconic American international airline that helped popularize long-haul jet travel in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Boeing Air Transport
    Boeing Air Transport was an early American airline and a predecessor of United Airlines that operated mail and passenger services in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
  • E. Pacific Western Airlines
    Pacific Western Airlines was a major Canadian regional and domestic carrier that operated from the mid-20th century until its 1987 merger into Canadian Airlines.
  • 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_69ad8b14ffe881908ffed62f9595c867 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99894bb0819099fa5cc5166c0eeb completed March 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b108e99ea881908cccc6656e8653c3 completed March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b109fc0f308190b1a0105a67491c54 completed March 11, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10a78414481908689ac3ba5265388 completed March 11, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.