Triple

T140564
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject atomic bombing of Nagasaki E2840 entity
Predicate usedAircraft P1524 FINISHED
Object Bockscar
Bockscar was the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon on Nagasaki during World War II.
E18318 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: Bockscar | Statement: [atomic bombing of Nagasaki, usedAircraft, Bockscar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bockscar
Context triple: [atomic bombing of Nagasaki, usedAircraft, Bockscar]
  • A. Enola Gay
    Enola Gay is the U.S. B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II.
  • B. B-29 Superfortress
    The B-29 Superfortress was a long-range, four-engine heavy bomber developed by the United States during World War II, notable for its advanced technology and its role in strategic bombing campaigns over Japan.
  • C. Wright J-5C Whirlwind
    The Wright J-5C Whirlwind is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine renowned for its reliability and use in pioneering long-distance flights of the late 1920s.
  • D. V-1 flying bomb
    The V-1 flying bomb was an early German cruise missile used in World War II, known as a pilotless "buzz bomb" deployed primarily against London and other Allied cities.
  • E. Heinkel He 177
    The Heinkel He 177 was a German long-range heavy bomber of World War II, notable for its troubled development, engine reliability issues, and limited operational success.
  • 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: Bockscar
Triple: [atomic bombing of Nagasaki, usedAircraft, Bockscar]
Generated description
Bockscar was the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon on Nagasaki during World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bockscar
Target entity description: Bockscar was the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon on Nagasaki during World War II.
  • A. Enola Gay
    Enola Gay is the U.S. B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II.
  • B. B-29 Superfortress
    The B-29 Superfortress was a long-range, four-engine heavy bomber developed by the United States during World War II, notable for its advanced technology and its role in strategic bombing campaigns over Japan.
  • C. Wright J-5C Whirlwind
    The Wright J-5C Whirlwind is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine renowned for its reliability and use in pioneering long-distance flights of the late 1920s.
  • D. V-1 flying bomb
    The V-1 flying bomb was an early German cruise missile used in World War II, known as a pilotless "buzz bomb" deployed primarily against London and other Allied cities.
  • E. Heinkel He 177
    The Heinkel He 177 was a German long-range heavy bomber of World War II, notable for its troubled development, engine reliability issues, and limited operational success.
  • 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257c7e79c8190b3e5a2983035a972 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2c939ea148190984dfd347b12d136 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2c99aa5348190a710ede093b2d1d7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2c9f070788190aa96892ffdc58569 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:56 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.