Triple
T7829226
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | January 26, 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash |
E181323
|
entity |
| Predicate | operator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Island Express Helicopters |
E695377
|
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: Island Express Helicopters | Statement: [January 26, 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash, operator, Island Express Helicopters]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Island Express Helicopters Context triple: [January 26, 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash, operator, Island Express Helicopters]
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A.
Island Express Helicopters
chosen
Island Express Helicopters is a Southern California-based charter helicopter company known for providing sightseeing and commuter flights, and for operating the aircraft involved in the 2020 Calabasas crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others.
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B.
Hughes Helicopters
Hughes Helicopters was an American aerospace manufacturer best known for developing influential military and civilian helicopters, including the early designs that led to the AH-64 Apache.
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C.
Tropic Air
Tropic Air is a regional airline based in Belize that operates domestic and short-haul international flights across Central America and the Caribbean.
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D.
Inter Island Airways
Inter Island Airways is a regional airline that operated passenger services in American Samoa and surrounding Pacific islands.
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E.
Omniflight Helicopters
Omniflight Helicopters was a U.S.-based aviation company that provided helicopter charter and air medical transport services.
- 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_69ca8282ccec819083c48efb72d21cf9 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb04aaed1881908e1da129a43ef9c7 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 11:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cb5a854fac8190802599615a0f7bc4 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:44 p.m.