Triple

T14581939
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 E342213 entity
Predicate powerplant P9904 FINISHED
Object Royal Aircraft Factory 4a air-cooled V-12 engine
The Royal Aircraft Factory 4a was an early British air-cooled V-12 piston engine developed during World War I for use in military reconnaissance aircraft.
E1109098 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: Royal Aircraft Factory 4a air-cooled V-12 engine | Statement: [Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8, powerplant, Royal Aircraft Factory 4a air-cooled V-12 engine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Aircraft Factory 4a air-cooled V-12 engine
Context triple: [Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8, powerplant, Royal Aircraft Factory 4a air-cooled V-12 engine]
  • A. Bristol Pegasus radial engine
    The Bristol Pegasus radial engine was a widely used British air-cooled aircraft engine of the interwar and World War II era, powering numerous bombers and transport aircraft.
  • B. Bristol Centaurus radial engine
    The Bristol Centaurus radial engine was a powerful British air-cooled sleeve-valve aircraft engine used in late World War II and early postwar high-performance aircraft.
  • C. Bristol Hercules radial engine
    The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.
  • D. Bristol radial engine family
    The Bristol radial engine family is a series of influential air-cooled aircraft engines developed in the early 20th century that powered many British and international military and civilian aircraft.
  • E. Rolls-Royce PV-12 engine
    The Rolls-Royce PV-12 engine, later developed into the famous Merlin, was a liquid-cooled V12 aircraft powerplant that became one of the most important and widely used engines of World War II.
  • 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: Royal Aircraft Factory 4a air-cooled V-12 engine
Triple: [Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8, powerplant, Royal Aircraft Factory 4a air-cooled V-12 engine]
Generated description
The Royal Aircraft Factory 4a was an early British air-cooled V-12 piston engine developed during World War I for use in military reconnaissance aircraft.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Aircraft Factory 4a air-cooled V-12 engine
Target entity description: The Royal Aircraft Factory 4a was an early British air-cooled V-12 piston engine developed during World War I for use in military reconnaissance aircraft.
  • A. Bristol Pegasus radial engine
    The Bristol Pegasus radial engine was a widely used British air-cooled aircraft engine of the interwar and World War II era, powering numerous bombers and transport aircraft.
  • B. Bristol Centaurus radial engine
    The Bristol Centaurus radial engine was a powerful British air-cooled sleeve-valve aircraft engine used in late World War II and early postwar high-performance aircraft.
  • C. Bristol Hercules radial engine
    The Bristol Hercules radial engine was a British air-cooled, sleeve-valve aircraft engine widely used in World War II bombers and other military aircraft for its reliability and high power output.
  • D. Bristol radial engine family
    The Bristol radial engine family is a series of influential air-cooled aircraft engines developed in the early 20th century that powered many British and international military and civilian aircraft.
  • E. Rolls-Royce PV-12 engine
    The Rolls-Royce PV-12 engine, later developed into the famous Merlin, was a liquid-cooled V12 aircraft powerplant that became one of the most important and widely used engines of World War II.
  • 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_69d822ddc0f081909cd8163c7de298cd completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb41e71748190a1deacc819dd26d3 completed April 14, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd94ba235c81909e0408ccf2be9628 completed May 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd9619f33881908e8d95ef09256d34 completed May 8, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd96e97ec48190aae9b25ce7154802 completed May 8, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:24 a.m.