Triple

T8145452
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject RAF Heston E190198 entity
Predicate stationedUnit P28243 FINISHED
Object No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF
No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force maintenance and storage unit responsible for the repair, servicing, and logistical support of aircraft and equipment.
 E713126 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF | Statement: [RAF Heston, stationedUnit, No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF
Context triple: [RAF Heston, stationedUnit, No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF]
  • A. No. 7 Maintenance Unit RAF
    No. 7 Maintenance Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force logistics and maintenance formation responsible for the storage, repair, and support of aircraft and related equipment.
  • B. No. 5 Maintenance Unit RAF
    No. 5 Maintenance Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force logistics and engineering unit responsible for the storage, maintenance, and preparation of aircraft and equipment.
  • C. No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
    No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force training unit responsible for converting aircrew to operate aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2.
  • D. No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
    No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force training unit responsible for converting aircrew to operate specific front-line aircraft types.
  • E. No. 32 Squadron RAF
    No. 32 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit best known for its long history of fighter and later VIP transport operations, including providing air transport for the British royal family and government officials.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF
Target entity description: No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force maintenance and storage unit responsible for the repair, servicing, and logistical support of aircraft and equipment.
  • A. No. 7 Maintenance Unit RAF
    No. 7 Maintenance Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force logistics and maintenance formation responsible for the storage, repair, and support of aircraft and related equipment.
  • B. No. 5 Maintenance Unit RAF
    No. 5 Maintenance Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force logistics and engineering unit responsible for the storage, maintenance, and preparation of aircraft and equipment.
  • C. No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
    No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force training unit responsible for converting aircrew to operate aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2.
  • D. No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
    No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force training unit responsible for converting aircrew to operate specific front-line aircraft types.
  • E. No. 32 Squadron RAF
    No. 32 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit best known for its long history of fighter and later VIP transport operations, including providing air transport for the British royal family and government officials.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF
Triple: [RAF Heston, stationedUnit, No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF]
Generated description
No. 32 Maintenance Unit RAF was a Royal Air Force maintenance and storage unit responsible for the repair, servicing, and logistical support of aircraft and equipment.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca82be7ba8819087de0147e9292c83 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb4447dbc48190affb0f34f6c85f5a ner completed
NED1 batch_69cc94b0fc0481909a21f42364a92158 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cc977c9bf4819081c4df682e4cdf1e ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cc963fe2f8819098ad6a726e226189 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:36 p.m.