Triple

T5152509
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United Express E116228 entity
Predicate formerOperator P179 FINISHED
Object Colgan Air
Colgan Air was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder flights for major carriers under brands such as United Express and Continental Connection before ceasing operations in 2012.
E498553 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: Colgan Air | Statement: [United Express, formerOperator, Colgan Air]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colgan Air
Context triple: [United Express, formerOperator, Colgan Air]
  • A. Alaska Airlines Flight 261
    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight that tragically crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after a catastrophic mechanical failure, killing all 88 people on board and prompting major safety investigations and reforms.
  • B. US Airways Flight 1549
    US Airways Flight 1549 was the 2009 passenger flight that famously ditched in the Hudson River after a bird strike disabled both engines, with all 155 people on board surviving.
  • C. United Airlines Flight 93
    United Airlines Flight 93 was a hijacked passenger flight during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to overpower the hijackers.
  • D. BEA Flight 609
    BEA Flight 609 was the British European Airways charter flight that crashed in 1958 at Munich-Riem Airport, a tragedy remembered as the Munich air disaster that killed many Manchester United players and staff.
  • E. Air America
    Air America was a covert airline operated by the CIA that conducted clandestine transport, supply, and reconnaissance missions across Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.
  • 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: Colgan Air
Triple: [United Express, formerOperator, Colgan Air]
Generated description
Colgan Air was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder flights for major carriers under brands such as United Express and Continental Connection before ceasing operations in 2012.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colgan Air
Target entity description: Colgan Air was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder flights for major carriers under brands such as United Express and Continental Connection before ceasing operations in 2012.
  • A. Alaska Airlines Flight 261
    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight that tragically crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after a catastrophic mechanical failure, killing all 88 people on board and prompting major safety investigations and reforms.
  • B. US Airways Flight 1549
    US Airways Flight 1549 was the 2009 passenger flight that famously ditched in the Hudson River after a bird strike disabled both engines, with all 155 people on board surviving.
  • C. United Airlines Flight 93
    United Airlines Flight 93 was a hijacked passenger flight during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to overpower the hijackers.
  • D. BEA Flight 609
    BEA Flight 609 was the British European Airways charter flight that crashed in 1958 at Munich-Riem Airport, a tragedy remembered as the Munich air disaster that killed many Manchester United players and staff.
  • E. Air America
    Air America was a covert airline operated by the CIA that conducted clandestine transport, supply, and reconnaissance missions across Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.
  • 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_69bd445d94788190b72e2cc563120995 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd78daab708190a42734a14dddb2fc completed March 20, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bed0099afc8190badca81bd5efb8f6 completed March 21, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bed3f4af288190beec97356b21f990 completed March 21, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bed49625688190972acb1cb0c2a83b completed March 21, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:44 p.m.