Triple
T959611
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Avro Lancaster |
E20704
|
entity |
| Predicate | engineType |
P1585
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 piston engine |
E4518
|
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: Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 piston engine | Statement: [Avro Lancaster, engineType, Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 piston engine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 piston engine Context triple: [Avro Lancaster, engineType, Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 piston engine]
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A.
Rolls-Royce Merlin
chosen
The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V12 piston aero engine renowned for powering iconic World War II aircraft such as the Spitfire, Hurricane, and Lancaster.
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B.
Rolls-Royce Griffon
The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a powerful British liquid-cooled V12 aero engine developed during World War II, best known for powering later, high-performance variants of the Supermarine Spitfire and other Royal Air Force aircraft.
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C.
Mitsubishi Kinsei radial engine
The Mitsubishi Kinsei was a Japanese air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II combat aircraft.
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D.
Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radial engine
The Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone is a powerful American 18-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in World War II and early postwar bombers and airliners.
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E.
Daimler-Benz DB 601
The Daimler-Benz DB 601 was a German inverted V-12, liquid-cooled aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe fighters and bombers during World War II.
- 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_69a493b21f2881908132dcf45dcd2f36 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b412f9f48190be123e8c20f38962 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac11a3f8c481908f9ed37c44788cb7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.