Triple
T8631665
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Smith McDonnell |
E204416
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPart |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy)
The James S. McDonnell Foundation is a philanthropic organization established by aerospace pioneer James Smith McDonnell to support scientific research and education, particularly in fields like neuroscience, complex systems, and human cognition.
|
E204416
|
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: James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy) | Statement: [James Smith McDonnell, hasPart, James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy) Context triple: [James Smith McDonnell, hasPart, James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy)]
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A.
James Smith McDonnell
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.
Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics
The Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics was a philanthropic foundation established in the 1920s by the Guggenheim family to advance aviation research, education, and technology in the United States.
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C.
Astronauts Memorial Foundation
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation is a nonprofit organization that honors and preserves the legacy of fallen U.S. astronauts through memorials, educational programs, and public outreach.
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D.
Mojave Aerospace Ventures
Mojave Aerospace Ventures is a private aerospace company formed by Paul Allen and Burt Rutan to develop and operate the pioneering suborbital spacecraft SpaceShipOne.
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E.
Rutan Aircraft Factory
Rutan Aircraft Factory is an innovative aerospace company founded by engineer Burt Rutan, renowned for designing unconventional, record-setting experimental and homebuilt aircraft.
- 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: James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy) Triple: [James Smith McDonnell, hasPart, James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy)]
Generated description
The James S. McDonnell Foundation is a philanthropic organization established by aerospace pioneer James Smith McDonnell to support scientific research and education, particularly in fields like neuroscience, complex systems, and human cognition.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy) Target entity description: The James S. McDonnell Foundation is a philanthropic organization established by aerospace pioneer James Smith McDonnell to support scientific research and education, particularly in fields like neuroscience, complex systems, and human cognition.
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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.
Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics
The Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics was a philanthropic foundation established in the 1920s by the Guggenheim family to advance aviation research, education, and technology in the United States.
-
C.
Astronauts Memorial Foundation
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation is a nonprofit organization that honors and preserves the legacy of fallen U.S. astronauts through memorials, educational programs, and public outreach.
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D.
Mojave Aerospace Ventures
Mojave Aerospace Ventures is a private aerospace company formed by Paul Allen and Burt Rutan to develop and operate the pioneering suborbital spacecraft SpaceShipOne.
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E.
Rutan Aircraft Factory
Rutan Aircraft Factory is an innovative aerospace company founded by engineer Burt Rutan, renowned for designing unconventional, record-setting experimental and homebuilt aircraft.
- F. None of above.
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_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. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cebcc22d208190801b4ec58614dfcb |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cebdf3f288819088d83165c741d092 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:27 p.m.