Triple

T172598
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boeing E3507 entity
Predicate mergedWith P77 FINISHED
Object McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace and defense manufacturer known for producing commercial airliners and military aircraft before its 1997 merger into Boeing.
 E3507 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: McDonnell Douglas | Statement: [Boeing, mergedWith, McDonnell Douglas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDonnell Douglas
Context triple: [Boeing, mergedWith, McDonnell Douglas]
  • A. Boeing
    Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
  • B. Lockheed Martin
    Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
  • C. Hawker Aircraft
    Hawker Aircraft was a prominent British aircraft manufacturer best known for producing iconic military planes such as the Hawker Hurricane during the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Airbus
    Airbus is a major European aerospace corporation known for designing and manufacturing commercial airliners such as the A320, A330, and A380 families.
  • E. Huff-Daland Aero Corporation
    Huff-Daland Aero Corporation was an early American aircraft manufacturer best known for developing some of the first specialized crop-dusting airplanes in the 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: McDonnell Douglas
Triple: [Boeing, mergedWith, McDonnell Douglas]
Generated description
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace and defense manufacturer known for producing commercial airliners and military aircraft before its 1997 merger into Boeing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDonnell Douglas
Target entity description: McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace and defense manufacturer known for producing commercial airliners and military aircraft before its 1997 merger into Boeing.
  • A. Boeing chosen
    Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
  • B. Lockheed Martin
    Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
  • C. Hawker Aircraft
    Hawker Aircraft was a prominent British aircraft manufacturer best known for producing iconic military planes such as the Hawker Hurricane during the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Airbus
    Airbus is a major European aerospace corporation known for designing and manufacturing commercial airliners such as the A320, A330, and A380 families.
  • E. Huff-Daland Aero Corporation
    Huff-Daland Aero Corporation was an early American aircraft manufacturer best known for developing some of the first specialized crop-dusting airplanes in the 1920s.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a25374990081909766d30c79a18e0e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a258e0b11c8190b7b5cf3c354c47ce completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a30cc5130c81908346cf86a23a6285 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a30d568260819094295ac1ce1b05d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a30da5f1e0819090e06fa7caff1767 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.