Triple

T947927
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alaska Airlines E20454 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object McGee Airways
McGee Airways was an early Alaskan airline founded in the 1930s that evolved through mergers and rebranding into what is now Alaska Airlines.
E112399 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: McGee Airways | Statement: [Alaska Airlines, predecessor, McGee Airways]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McGee Airways
Context triple: [Alaska Airlines, predecessor, McGee Airways]
  • A. Varney Air Lines
    Varney Air Lines was an early U.S. airmail and passenger carrier that became one of the key predecessors of modern United Airlines.
  • B. Peach Aviation
    Peach Aviation is a Japanese low-cost airline based in Osaka that operates domestic and international flights primarily across East Asia.
  • C. Chautauqua Airlines (historically)
    Chautauqua Airlines was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder and commuter flights for major carriers under brands such as American Eagle.
  • D. Porter Airlines
    Porter Airlines is a Canadian regional airline known for its short-haul flights, premium-feel service, and primary operations from downtown Toronto.
  • E. Cape Air
    Cape Air is a U.S.-based regional airline known for operating short-haul commuter flights, primarily in the Northeast, Midwest, Montana, the Caribbean, and Micronesia.
  • 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: McGee Airways
Triple: [Alaska Airlines, predecessor, McGee Airways]
Generated description
McGee Airways was an early Alaskan airline founded in the 1930s that evolved through mergers and rebranding into what is now Alaska Airlines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McGee Airways
Target entity description: McGee Airways was an early Alaskan airline founded in the 1930s that evolved through mergers and rebranding into what is now Alaska Airlines.
  • A. Varney Air Lines
    Varney Air Lines was an early U.S. airmail and passenger carrier that became one of the key predecessors of modern United Airlines.
  • B. Peach Aviation
    Peach Aviation is a Japanese low-cost airline based in Osaka that operates domestic and international flights primarily across East Asia.
  • C. Chautauqua Airlines (historically)
    Chautauqua Airlines was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder and commuter flights for major carriers under brands such as American Eagle.
  • D. Porter Airlines
    Porter Airlines is a Canadian regional airline known for its short-haul flights, premium-feel service, and primary operations from downtown Toronto.
  • E. Cape Air
    Cape Air is a U.S.-based regional airline known for operating short-haul commuter flights, primarily in the Northeast, Midwest, Montana, the Caribbean, and Micronesia.
  • 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_69a493b0f2fc81908cd227480a5356a1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b3be19448190a8863fce3d152430 completed March 1, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a933a8649481909d07eec014c1956c completed March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aa48cb9afc8190aed4d64e8c3cce6f completed March 6, 2026, 3:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aa498d1ad88190bf68dcae80744071 completed March 6, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.