Triple
T8379163
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NPP |
E197646
|
entity |
| Predicate | primaryContractor |
P7138
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. |
E60083
|
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: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. | Statement: [NPP, primaryContractor, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Context triple: [NPP, primaryContractor, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.]
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A.
Ball Aerospace
chosen
Ball Aerospace is an American aerospace company known for designing and building advanced space systems, instruments, and components for NASA, the U.S. military, and commercial customers.
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B.
Sundstrand Corporation
Sundstrand Corporation was a major American manufacturer of aerospace and industrial products that later became part of Hamilton Sundstrand through a corporate merger.
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C.
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Northrop Grumman Space Technology was a major aerospace and defense division of Northrop Grumman specializing in space systems, satellites, and related technologies.
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D.
Boeing Satellite Systems
Boeing Satellite Systems is a major aerospace company division specializing in the design, manufacture, and deployment of commercial and military communications and remote-sensing satellites.
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E.
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Sierra Nevada Corporation is a U.S. aerospace and defense contractor known for developing advanced space systems, including the Dream Chaser spaceplane, and providing technology solutions to government and commercial customers.
- 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_69ca82f64c188190af4e1608036b865d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb80c3dc1881908081c6a2829deb5a |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce1d14baf88190bc260efda7d0fc0d |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:02 p.m.