Triple

T3158550
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vitaly Ginzburg E66047 entity
Predicate workedOn P3 FINISHED
Object Soviet thermonuclear weapons program
The Soviet thermonuclear weapons program was the Cold War-era research and development effort that produced the USSR’s hydrogen bombs and established its strategic nuclear parity with the United States.
E332044 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: Soviet thermonuclear weapons program | Statement: [Vitaly Ginzburg, workedOn, Soviet thermonuclear weapons program]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soviet thermonuclear weapons program
Context triple: [Vitaly Ginzburg, workedOn, Soviet thermonuclear weapons program]
  • A. U.S. thermonuclear weapons program
    The U.S. thermonuclear weapons program was the Cold War-era American effort to design, test, and deploy hydrogen bombs and other advanced nuclear weapons, fundamentally shaping global nuclear strategy and arms races.
  • B. Soviet missile program
    The Soviet missile program was the extensive Cold War-era initiative through which the USSR developed and deployed ballistic missiles and space-launch rockets, forming the backbone of its strategic military and space capabilities.
  • C. Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage)
    The Soviet atomic bomb project was the clandestine program through which the USSR rapidly developed its first nuclear weapons, heavily aided by intelligence gathered from Western atomic research during and after World War II.
  • D. Titan II ICBM
    The Titan II ICBM was a U.S. Cold War-era intercontinental ballistic missile known for its powerful two-stage liquid-fueled design and role as both a nuclear deterrent and the launch vehicle for NASA’s Gemini missions.
  • E. Teller–Ulam design
    The Teller–Ulam design is the standard two-stage thermonuclear weapon architecture that enables the immense explosive power of modern hydrogen bombs through radiation-driven compression of a secondary fusion stage.
  • 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: Soviet thermonuclear weapons program
Triple: [Vitaly Ginzburg, workedOn, Soviet thermonuclear weapons program]
Generated description
The Soviet thermonuclear weapons program was the Cold War-era research and development effort that produced the USSR’s hydrogen bombs and established its strategic nuclear parity with the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soviet thermonuclear weapons program
Target entity description: The Soviet thermonuclear weapons program was the Cold War-era research and development effort that produced the USSR’s hydrogen bombs and established its strategic nuclear parity with the United States.
  • A. U.S. thermonuclear weapons program
    The U.S. thermonuclear weapons program was the Cold War-era American effort to design, test, and deploy hydrogen bombs and other advanced nuclear weapons, fundamentally shaping global nuclear strategy and arms races.
  • B. Soviet missile program
    The Soviet missile program was the extensive Cold War-era initiative through which the USSR developed and deployed ballistic missiles and space-launch rockets, forming the backbone of its strategic military and space capabilities.
  • C. Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage)
    The Soviet atomic bomb project was the clandestine program through which the USSR rapidly developed its first nuclear weapons, heavily aided by intelligence gathered from Western atomic research during and after World War II.
  • D. Titan II ICBM
    The Titan II ICBM was a U.S. Cold War-era intercontinental ballistic missile known for its powerful two-stage liquid-fueled design and role as both a nuclear deterrent and the launch vehicle for NASA’s Gemini missions.
  • E. Teller–Ulam design
    The Teller–Ulam design is the standard two-stage thermonuclear weapon architecture that enables the immense explosive power of modern hydrogen bombs through radiation-driven compression of a secondary fusion stage.
  • 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_69ad85850c1481908a9e9c6242238de2 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada5ed82a08190a1bdcf18ee593c79 completed March 8, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2250a682c8190b01e949f27d6932e completed March 12, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b22598f9e48190a3d63a3416c95bd9 completed March 12, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b225f0e0b0819096f8b5f7e7ddd8c3 completed March 12, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:05 p.m.