Triple

T4167585
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lyle gun E84481 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object David A. Lyle
David A. Lyle was a U.S. Army officer and inventor best known for developing the Lyle gun, a line-throwing device used in maritime rescue operations.
 E527183 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: David A. Lyle | Statement: [Lyle gun, namedAfter, David A. Lyle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David A. Lyle
Context triple: [Lyle gun, namedAfter, David A. Lyle]
  • A. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • B. Roland A. Madden
    Roland A. Madden is an atmospheric scientist best known for co-identifying the Madden–Julian Oscillation, a major pattern of tropical intraseasonal climate variability.
  • C. David R. Scott
    David R. Scott is an American astronaut, Air Force officer, and test pilot best known for commanding the Apollo 15 mission and becoming the seventh person to walk on the Moon.
  • D. David C. Hilmers
    David C. Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Marine Corps officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions before later becoming a physician and academic.
  • E. David R. Francis
    David R. Francis was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of St. Louis, governor of Missouri, and U.S. ambassador to Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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: David A. Lyle
Triple: [Lyle gun, namedAfter, David A. Lyle]
Generated description
David A. Lyle was a U.S. Army officer and inventor best known for developing the Lyle gun, a line-throwing device used in maritime rescue operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David A. Lyle
Target entity description: David A. Lyle was a U.S. Army officer and inventor best known for developing the Lyle gun, a line-throwing device used in maritime rescue operations.
  • A. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • B. Roland A. Madden
    Roland A. Madden is an atmospheric scientist best known for co-identifying the Madden–Julian Oscillation, a major pattern of tropical intraseasonal climate variability.
  • C. David R. Scott
    David R. Scott is an American astronaut, Air Force officer, and test pilot best known for commanding the Apollo 15 mission and becoming the seventh person to walk on the Moon.
  • D. David C. Hilmers
    David C. Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Marine Corps officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions before later becoming a physician and academic.
  • E. David R. Francis
    David R. Francis was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of St. Louis, governor of Missouri, and U.S. ambassador to Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69aed932cab48190b80ffe35f7029ae1 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af02c43a7481909eed7cb8c14deb0c completed March 9, 2026, 5:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfdb12f33c819084d9268bd31b1f6c completed March 22, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfdba6ee8c8190b0bb607dcc607c8e completed March 22, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfdc2bdd148190bd7283aad4e4562e completed March 22, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.