Triple
T8631629
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Smith McDonnell |
E204416
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Smith McDonnell |
E204416
|
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: James Smith McDonnell | Statement: [James Smith McDonnell, fullName, James Smith McDonnell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Smith McDonnell Context triple: [James Smith McDonnell, fullName, James Smith McDonnell]
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A.
James Smith McDonnell
chosen
James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
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B.
Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded one of the early major aircraft manufacturing companies in the United States.
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C.
Donald Wills Douglas Sr.
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. was an American aircraft designer and industrialist who founded the Douglas Aircraft Company, a major pioneer in commercial and military aviation.
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D.
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was a pioneering American aerospace engineer and head of Lockheed's Skunk Works, renowned for leading the design of advanced aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.
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E.
Leroy Grumman
Leroy Grumman was an American aeronautical engineer and industrialist who founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, a key predecessor to Northrop Grumman and a major supplier of military and civilian aircraft.
- 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_69ca834b903c8190add96cc651e1a477 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc47417e9c819099739ae901449308 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cebc0acf508190a090fb1edf9420d2 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 6:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:27 p.m.