Triple

T8691743
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas B-18 Bolo E206306 entity
Predicate variant P4680 FINISHED
Object B-18C
The B-18C was an improved subvariant of the Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber used by the United States in the late 1930s and early World War II, featuring upgraded equipment and modifications for enhanced operational performance.
E757116 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: B-18C | Statement: [Douglas B-18 Bolo, variant, B-18C]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B-18C
Context triple: [Douglas B-18 Bolo, variant, B-18C]
  • A. B-45 Tornado
    The B-45 Tornado was an early American jet-powered strategic bomber that became the first operational jet bomber of the United States Air Force in the late 1940s.
  • B. Martin B‑10
    The Martin B‑10 was a pioneering American all-metal monoplane bomber of the 1930s that introduced many modern features such as enclosed cockpits, internal bomb bays, and retractable landing gear.
  • C. Bell YFM-1 Airacuda
    The Bell YFM-1 Airacuda was an experimental American twin‑engine heavy fighter of the late 1930s, notable for its unconventional design featuring forward-firing cannon housed in engine nacelles and a role envisioned as a long-range bomber destroyer.
  • D. Douglas A-26 Invader
    The Douglas A-26 Invader is a World War II–era American twin‑engine light bomber and ground-attack aircraft that later saw extensive service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
  • E. Fairchild C-82 Packet
    The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
  • 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: B-18C
Triple: [Douglas B-18 Bolo, variant, B-18C]
Generated description
The B-18C was an improved subvariant of the Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber used by the United States in the late 1930s and early World War II, featuring upgraded equipment and modifications for enhanced operational performance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B-18C
Target entity description: The B-18C was an improved subvariant of the Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber used by the United States in the late 1930s and early World War II, featuring upgraded equipment and modifications for enhanced operational performance.
  • A. B-45 Tornado
    The B-45 Tornado was an early American jet-powered strategic bomber that became the first operational jet bomber of the United States Air Force in the late 1940s.
  • B. Martin B‑10
    The Martin B‑10 was a pioneering American all-metal monoplane bomber of the 1930s that introduced many modern features such as enclosed cockpits, internal bomb bays, and retractable landing gear.
  • C. Bell YFM-1 Airacuda
    The Bell YFM-1 Airacuda was an experimental American twin‑engine heavy fighter of the late 1930s, notable for its unconventional design featuring forward-firing cannon housed in engine nacelles and a role envisioned as a long-range bomber destroyer.
  • D. Douglas A-26 Invader
    The Douglas A-26 Invader is a World War II–era American twin‑engine light bomber and ground-attack aircraft that later saw extensive service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
  • E. Fairchild C-82 Packet
    The Fairchild C-82 Packet was an American twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft developed during World War II for cargo and paratroop operations.
  • 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_69ca835481fc819084e33d3bc883bfa6 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5735ffdc819094126e2698f98511 completed March 31, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf515edd7481909d73c2991a71de0e completed April 3, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf5541932481909a4ff540e871f77b completed April 3, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf55aba1048190984f88b7f7a80488 completed April 3, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:33 p.m.