Triple

T4271314
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject White Sands Space Harbor E96945 entity
Predicate hasNavigationAid P8170 FINISHED
Object TACAN
TACAN is a military tactical air navigation system that provides aircraft with precise bearing and distance information to a ground station.
 E427216 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: TACAN | Statement: [White Sands Space Harbor, hasNavigationAid, TACAN]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: TACAN
Context triple: [White Sands Space Harbor, hasNavigationAid, TACAN]
  • A. LORAN
    LORAN is a long-range terrestrial radio navigation system originally developed for maritime and aviation positioning before the advent of satellite-based GPS.
  • B. SAN VORTAC
    SAN VORTAC is a ground-based radio navigation facility (combining VOR and TACAN) serving the San Diego International Airport area for en-route and approach guidance.
  • C. Knickebein radio navigation system
    The Knickebein radio navigation system was a World War II German Luftwaffe beam-guidance technology used to direct bombers accurately to their targets at night and in poor visibility.
  • D. ATC
    ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System) is a widely used international system for classifying drugs according to the organ or system they act on and their therapeutic, pharmacological, and chemical properties.
  • E. ATC
    The ATC (Agreement on Textiles and Clothing) was a World Trade Organization accord that governed the gradual integration of the textiles and clothing sector into normal WTO rules, phasing out quotas on textile and apparel trade.
  • 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: TACAN
Triple: [White Sands Space Harbor, hasNavigationAid, TACAN]
Generated description
TACAN is a military tactical air navigation system that provides aircraft with precise bearing and distance information to a ground station.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: TACAN
Target entity description: TACAN is a military tactical air navigation system that provides aircraft with precise bearing and distance information to a ground station.
  • A. LORAN
    LORAN is a long-range terrestrial radio navigation system originally developed for maritime and aviation positioning before the advent of satellite-based GPS.
  • B. SAN VORTAC
    SAN VORTAC is a ground-based radio navigation facility (combining VOR and TACAN) serving the San Diego International Airport area for en-route and approach guidance.
  • C. Knickebein radio navigation system
    The Knickebein radio navigation system was a World War II German Luftwaffe beam-guidance technology used to direct bombers accurately to their targets at night and in poor visibility.
  • D. ATC
    ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System) is a widely used international system for classifying drugs according to the organ or system they act on and their therapeutic, pharmacological, and chemical properties.
  • E. ATC
    The ATC (Agreement on Textiles and Clothing) was a World Trade Organization accord that governed the gradual integration of the textiles and clothing sector into normal WTO rules, phasing out quotas on textile and apparel trade.
  • 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_69b34543f06c8190915ebb1a4574ffa9 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34ffb85a88190af000b94673bff59 completed March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b7a456108190afa46344a5ed2118 completed March 14, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b83759c08190b080565bb1ac8bb4 completed March 14, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5b8c3fb208190b091da57f7b1f704 completed March 14, 2026, 7:36 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.