Triple

T145989
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject X-Plane experimental aircraft programs E3330 entity
Predicate notableAircraft P1524 FINISHED
Object Northrop X-4 Bantam
The Northrop X-4 Bantam was a late-1940s American experimental jet aircraft designed to test the stability and handling of a tailless, swept-wing configuration at transonic speeds.
E19627 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: Northrop X-4 Bantam | Statement: [X-Plane experimental aircraft programs, notableAircraft, Northrop X-4 Bantam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northrop X-4 Bantam
Context triple: [X-Plane experimental aircraft programs, notableAircraft, Northrop X-4 Bantam]
  • A. Douglas X-3 Stiletto
    The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a slender, jet-powered experimental research aircraft of the early 1950s designed to investigate sustained supersonic flight and advanced aerodynamic concepts for future high-speed aircraft.
  • B. Bell X-2
    The Bell X-2 was a rocket-powered experimental research aircraft developed in the 1950s to investigate flight characteristics at extremely high speeds and altitudes, contributing crucial data to early supersonic and space-era aeronautics.
  • C. Bell X-5
    The Bell X-5 was an early U.S. experimental jet that pioneered variable-sweep wing technology, helping to shape the design of later high-performance military aircraft.
  • D. Bell X-1
    The Bell X-1 was a pioneering rocket-powered research aircraft that became the first airplane to break the sound barrier in level flight.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Northrop X-4 Bantam
Triple: [X-Plane experimental aircraft programs, notableAircraft, Northrop X-4 Bantam]
Generated description
The Northrop X-4 Bantam was a late-1940s American experimental jet aircraft designed to test the stability and handling of a tailless, swept-wing configuration at transonic speeds.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northrop X-4 Bantam
Target entity description: The Northrop X-4 Bantam was a late-1940s American experimental jet aircraft designed to test the stability and handling of a tailless, swept-wing configuration at transonic speeds.
  • A. Douglas X-3 Stiletto
    The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a slender, jet-powered experimental research aircraft of the early 1950s designed to investigate sustained supersonic flight and advanced aerodynamic concepts for future high-speed aircraft.
  • B. Bell X-2
    The Bell X-2 was a rocket-powered experimental research aircraft developed in the 1950s to investigate flight characteristics at extremely high speeds and altitudes, contributing crucial data to early supersonic and space-era aeronautics.
  • C. Bell X-5
    The Bell X-5 was an early U.S. experimental jet that pioneered variable-sweep wing technology, helping to shape the design of later high-performance military aircraft.
  • D. Bell X-1
    The Bell X-1 was a pioneering rocket-powered research aircraft that became the first airplane to break the sound barrier in level flight.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a252868de4819080e21c9938bfe8b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257ea7eac8190884a53453a9e0dd6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2d4c838908190ae67f4e58fd700b0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2d53067dc8190a184441df46426d6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2d598733c8190aba1dc04f737218f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.