Triple
T5703633
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northrop Grumman Corporation |
E125729
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northrop Corporation |
E267225
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Northrop Corporation | Statement: [Northrop Grumman Corporation, formedByMergerOf, Northrop Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northrop Corporation Context triple: [Northrop Grumman Corporation, formedByMergerOf, Northrop Corporation]
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A.
Northrop
chosen
Northrop is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft and related technologies.
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B.
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Lockheed Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace manufacturer known for producing influential military and civilian aircraft throughout the 20th century.
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C.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
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D.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
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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.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0082c96988190b3a6a201edce472a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02456efb48190bf3aaabcc77cda92 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0b0ade6648190b29c64f83ceed326 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:45 p.m.