Triple

T3654059
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject LMT E77487 entity
Predicate associatedWithDefenseSpending P27313 FINISHED
Object U.S. Department of Defense contractor
A U.S. Department of Defense contractor is a private company that provides military goods, services, or technology to support the operations and strategic objectives of the U.S. armed forces.
E24222 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: U.S. Department of Defense contractor | Statement: [LMT, associatedWithDefenseSpending, U.S. Department of Defense contractor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Department of Defense contractor
Context triple: [LMT, associatedWithDefenseSpending, U.S. Department of Defense contractor]
  • A. Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization
    The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization is a U.S. Department of Defense entity responsible for procuring and managing contracts for information technology and telecommunications services that support military and defense operations.
  • B. Defense Contract Management Agency
    The Defense Contract Management Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense agency responsible for overseeing and ensuring that defense contractors meet cost, schedule, and performance requirements for military procurement contracts.
  • C. Aerospace Corporation
    Aerospace Corporation is a U.S.-based nonprofit research and development center that provides technical expertise and systems engineering support to national security and civil space programs.
  • D. Defense Supply Agency
    The Defense Supply Agency was a U.S. Department of Defense logistics organization responsible for managing the procurement, storage, and distribution of military supplies and equipment across the armed services.
  • E. Northrop Grumman
    Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
  • 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: U.S. Department of Defense contractor
Triple: [LMT, associatedWithDefenseSpending, U.S. Department of Defense contractor]
Generated description
A U.S. Department of Defense contractor is a private company that provides military goods, services, or technology to support the operations and strategic objectives of the U.S. armed forces.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Department of Defense contractor
Target entity description: A U.S. Department of Defense contractor is a private company that provides military goods, services, or technology to support the operations and strategic objectives of the U.S. armed forces.
  • A. Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization
    The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization is a U.S. Department of Defense entity responsible for procuring and managing contracts for information technology and telecommunications services that support military and defense operations.
  • B. Defense Contract Management Agency
    The Defense Contract Management Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense agency responsible for overseeing and ensuring that defense contractors meet cost, schedule, and performance requirements for military procurement contracts.
  • C. Aerospace Corporation
    Aerospace Corporation is a U.S.-based nonprofit research and development center that provides technical expertise and systems engineering support to national security and civil space programs.
  • D. Defense Supply Agency
    The Defense Supply Agency was a U.S. Department of Defense logistics organization responsible for managing the procurement, storage, and distribution of military supplies and equipment across the armed services.
  • E. Northrop Grumman chosen
    Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: associatedWithDefenseSpending
Context triple: [LMT, associatedWithDefenseSpending, U.S. Department of Defense contractor]
  • A. governmentInvolvement
    Indicates that a government participates in, influences, regulates, or otherwise plays a role in the specified activity, process, or entity.
  • B. militaryPolicy
    Indicates a relationship where an entity defines, adopts, or is governed by rules, strategies, or doctrines concerning military organization, operations, or conduct.
  • C. relatedLegislation
    Indicates that there exists a legislative document that is connected to, affects, or is otherwise relevant to the subject entity.
  • D. authorizedAppropriations chosen
    Indicates that a governing body has formally approved the allocation of funds for a specific purpose or activity.
  • E. coordinatesDefenseSupport
    Indicates organizing and directing defensive assistance or protective actions among involved entities.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ad85def5cc8190863dccf55a18bebb completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc3b9164c81908938a4338430d193 completed March 8, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4883bb50c8190bd383b21ac748a2e completed March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b48db4127081908f9177e8d1121e78 completed March 13, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4aefb58448190b7d34343a5dbb0f6 completed March 14, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69adb84650148190bf79231105e58d7f completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:24 p.m.