Triple

T2975194
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lockheed Vega E80376 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object Jack Northrop
Jack Northrop was an influential American aircraft designer and aviation pioneer best known for founding the Northrop Corporation and advancing flying wing and all-metal aircraft designs.
E316051 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: Jack Northrop | Statement: [Lockheed Vega, designer, Jack Northrop]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Northrop
Context triple: [Lockheed Vega, designer, Jack Northrop]
  • A. Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
    Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was a pioneering American aerospace engineer and head of Lockheed's Skunk Works, renowned for leading the design of advanced aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.
  • B. Wilfrid Kent Hughes
    Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
  • C. James Smith McDonnell
    James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
  • D. William Fairchild
    William Fairchild was a British screenwriter and film director active in the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable war and drama films.
  • E. William McCudden
    William McCudden was a British airman and the brother of famed World War I flying ace James McCudden.
  • 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: Jack Northrop
Triple: [Lockheed Vega, designer, Jack Northrop]
Generated description
Jack Northrop was an influential American aircraft designer and aviation pioneer best known for founding the Northrop Corporation and advancing flying wing and all-metal aircraft designs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack Northrop
Target entity description: Jack Northrop was an influential American aircraft designer and aviation pioneer best known for founding the Northrop Corporation and advancing flying wing and all-metal aircraft designs.
  • A. Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
    Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was a pioneering American aerospace engineer and head of Lockheed's Skunk Works, renowned for leading the design of advanced aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.
  • B. Wilfrid Kent Hughes
    Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
  • C. James Smith McDonnell
    James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
  • D. William Fairchild
    William Fairchild was a British screenwriter and film director active in the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable war and drama films.
  • E. William McCudden
    William McCudden was a British airman and the brother of famed World War I flying ace James McCudden.
  • 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.