Triple

T4217948
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tibbets E94266 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John C. Tibbets
John C. Tibbets is an American film historian, author, and former television broadcaster known for his work on cinema history and interviews with prominent filmmakers and actors.
 E424197 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: John C. Tibbets | Statement: [Tibbets, hasNotableBearer, John C. Tibbets]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Tibbets
Context triple: [Tibbets, hasNotableBearer, John C. Tibbets]
  • A. Paul W. Tibbets Jr.
    Paul W. Tibbets Jr. was a United States Air Force brigadier general best known as the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on Hiroshima during World War II.
  • B. Paul W. Tibbets III
    Paul W. Tibbets III is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general and former B-2 Spirit bomber wing commander, known for continuing the distinguished military aviation legacy of his family.
  • C. Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr.
    Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. was the father of U.S. Air Force brigadier general Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot who commanded the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima in World War II.
  • D. Hap Arnold
    Hap Arnold was a pioneering American air force general who led U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II and became the only U.S. Air Force officer to hold five-star rank.
  • E. Andrew Tibbets
    Andrew Tibbets is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Tibbets.
  • 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: John C. Tibbets
Triple: [Tibbets, hasNotableBearer, John C. Tibbets]
Generated description
John C. Tibbets is an American film historian, author, and former television broadcaster known for his work on cinema history and interviews with prominent filmmakers and actors.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Tibbets
Target entity description: John C. Tibbets is an American film historian, author, and former television broadcaster known for his work on cinema history and interviews with prominent filmmakers and actors.
  • A. Paul W. Tibbets Jr.
    Paul W. Tibbets Jr. was a United States Air Force brigadier general best known as the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on Hiroshima during World War II.
  • B. Paul W. Tibbets III
    Paul W. Tibbets III is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general and former B-2 Spirit bomber wing commander, known for continuing the distinguished military aviation legacy of his family.
  • C. Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr.
    Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. was the father of U.S. Air Force brigadier general Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot who commanded the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima in World War II.
  • D. Hap Arnold
    Hap Arnold was a pioneering American air force general who led U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II and became the only U.S. Air Force officer to hold five-star rank.
  • E. Andrew Tibbets
    Andrew Tibbets is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Tibbets.
  • 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_69b3451997e08190851db4a9a588837d completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34beb470481909ceff19195417f19 completed March 12, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5a858a5b08190990a896265ac9725 completed March 14, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5ac2e0824819084f02a8be9019764 completed March 14, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5ac9843fc8190bb4284b4e66abee5 completed March 14, 2026, 6:44 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:04 p.m.