Triple
T13349595
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sperry Corporation |
E318036
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Elmer Ambrose Sperry was an American inventor and engineer best known for pioneering gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that revolutionized navigation and control systems in ships and aircraft.
|
E1035213
|
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: Elmer Ambrose Sperry | Statement: [Sperry Corporation, foundedBy, Elmer Ambrose Sperry]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer Ambrose Sperry Context triple: [Sperry Corporation, foundedBy, Elmer Ambrose Sperry]
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A.
Joseph Evans Sperry
Joseph Evans Sperry was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century buildings in Baltimore, Maryland.
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B.
Walter Watson Hughes
Walter Watson Hughes was a 19th-century Scottish-Australian pastoralist and philanthropist whose substantial donations were pivotal in establishing higher education in South Australia.
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C.
Jack Northrop
Jack Northrop was an influential American aircraft designer and aviation pioneer best known for founding the Northrop Corporation and advancing flying wing and all-metal aircraft designs.
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D.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer who played a key role in the early development of airplanes and the aviation industry.
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E.
Horatio G. Wright
Horatio G. Wright was a Union Army general and engineer in the American Civil War, best known for leading the VI Corps in several major campaigns.
- 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: Elmer Ambrose Sperry Triple: [Sperry Corporation, foundedBy, Elmer Ambrose Sperry]
Generated description
Elmer Ambrose Sperry was an American inventor and engineer best known for pioneering gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that revolutionized navigation and control systems in ships and aircraft.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer Ambrose Sperry Target entity description: Elmer Ambrose Sperry was an American inventor and engineer best known for pioneering gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that revolutionized navigation and control systems in ships and aircraft.
-
A.
Joseph Evans Sperry
Joseph Evans Sperry was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century buildings in Baltimore, Maryland.
-
B.
Walter Watson Hughes
Walter Watson Hughes was a 19th-century Scottish-Australian pastoralist and philanthropist whose substantial donations were pivotal in establishing higher education in South Australia.
-
C.
Jack Northrop
Jack Northrop was an influential American aircraft designer and aviation pioneer best known for founding the Northrop Corporation and advancing flying wing and all-metal aircraft designs.
-
D.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer who played a key role in the early development of airplanes and the aviation industry.
-
E.
Horatio G. Wright
Horatio G. Wright was a Union Army general and engineer in the American Civil War, best known for leading the VI Corps in several major campaigns.
- 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d99e8b28e48190a23194e03a74b41b |
completed | April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f71f45c9788190b60095c0d6e2f763 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f720bb48f081908d67d330dcfc2953 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f721baaf34819081113c586fae013f |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.