Triple
T795855
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion) |
E17017
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyPerson |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Theodore Taylor
Theodore Taylor was an American physicist and nuclear weapons designer known for his innovative and controversial work on compact nuclear devices and advanced propulsion concepts such as Project Orion.
|
E104289
|
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: Theodore Taylor | Statement: [Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion), keyPerson, Theodore Taylor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Taylor Context triple: [Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion), keyPerson, Theodore Taylor]
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A.
George Merrill
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known for co-writing Whitney Houston’s hit songs “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”
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B.
Willo Perron
Willo Perron is a Canadian creative director and designer known for his influential work on album art, stage design, and visual concepts for major music artists.
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C.
Frederick H. Meyer
Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
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D.
S. R. Hadden
S. R. Hadden is a wealthy, eccentric industrialist and visionary technologist who secretly funds and guides the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s novel and film "Contact."
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E.
Charles Hoover
Charles Hoover is a member of the Hoover family, known primarily as the brother of American engineer and diplomat Herbert Hoover Jr.
- 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: Theodore Taylor Triple: [Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion), keyPerson, Theodore Taylor]
Generated description
Theodore Taylor was an American physicist and nuclear weapons designer known for his innovative and controversial work on compact nuclear devices and advanced propulsion concepts such as Project Orion.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Taylor Target entity description: Theodore Taylor was an American physicist and nuclear weapons designer known for his innovative and controversial work on compact nuclear devices and advanced propulsion concepts such as Project Orion.
-
A.
George Merrill
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known for co-writing Whitney Houston’s hit songs “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”
-
B.
Willo Perron
Willo Perron is a Canadian creative director and designer known for his influential work on album art, stage design, and visual concepts for major music artists.
-
C.
Frederick H. Meyer
Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
-
D.
S. R. Hadden
S. R. Hadden is a wealthy, eccentric industrialist and visionary technologist who secretly funds and guides the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s novel and film "Contact."
-
E.
Charles Hoover
Charles Hoover is a member of the Hoover family, known primarily as the brother of American engineer and diplomat Herbert Hoover Jr.
- 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a7b172e88190a26d31c9075b81fb |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7b83f0fb4819097f29c9ab90cf1a8 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7bc1acf708190aa86cd5eca101966 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7bc96dd2881909310147292b99023 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.