Triple

T14164199
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 393d Bombardment Squadron E351026 entity
Predicate notableCrewMember P21967 FINISHED
Object Theodore Van Kirk
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk was the American navigator of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II.
 E1173185 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: Theodore Van Kirk | Statement: [393d Bombardment Squadron, notableCrewMember, Theodore Van Kirk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodore Van Kirk
Context triple: [393d Bombardment Squadron, notableCrewMember, Theodore Van Kirk]
  • A. Donald Nordley
    Donald Nordley is a fictional character from the 1953 adventure film "Mogambo," which is set against the backdrop of an African safari and romantic entanglements.
  • B. George Shively
    George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
  • C. Jim Van Wyck
    Jim Van Wyck is a film producer best known for his work on action movies such as "Romeo Must Die."
  • D. Seymour Platt
    Seymour Platt is the son of Christine Keeler, the British model and showgirl central to the 1960s Profumo affair political scandal.
  • E. Henry H. Travers
    Henry H. Travers was a New Zealand naturalist and collector known for his work documenting the country’s unique birdlife and other fauna.
  • 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: Theodore Van Kirk
Triple: [393d Bombardment Squadron, notableCrewMember, Theodore Van Kirk]
Generated description
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk was the American navigator of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodore Van Kirk
Target entity description: Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk was the American navigator of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II.
  • A. Donald Nordley
    Donald Nordley is a fictional character from the 1953 adventure film "Mogambo," which is set against the backdrop of an African safari and romantic entanglements.
  • B. George Shively
    George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
  • C. Jim Van Wyck
    Jim Van Wyck is a film producer best known for his work on action movies such as "Romeo Must Die."
  • D. Seymour Platt
    Seymour Platt is the son of Christine Keeler, the British model and showgirl central to the 1960s Profumo affair political scandal.
  • E. Henry H. Travers
    Henry H. Travers was a New Zealand naturalist and collector known for his work documenting the country’s unique birdlife and other fauna.
  • 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_69d8278775fc8190b0802d22ca2f495d completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de61b207cc8190b85b1ff0910b54da completed April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff82dcec0c8190a5e4ac0aafd34504 completed May 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff83593f9c8190a5eccb8cde49345c completed May 9, 2026, 6:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff83bbdfa48190b992210f8d38f3fb completed May 9, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:59 a.m.