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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.