Triple

T17818241
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Claude Lacombe E444902 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object Jacques Vallée — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Jacques Vallée | Statement: [Claude Lacombe, basedOn, Jacques Vallée]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jacques Vallée
Context triple: [Claude Lacombe, basedOn, Jacques Vallée]
  • A. J. Allen Hynek
    J. Allen Hynek was an American astronomer and pioneering ufologist best known for developing the "Close Encounters" classification system for UFO sightings and for serving as a scientific advisor on U.S. Air Force UFO projects.
  • B. Philip J. Klass
    Philip J. Klass was an American journalist and prominent UFO skeptic known for his influential investigations and debunking of UFO claims.
  • C. John Mack
    John Mack was a renowned American oboist and influential teacher, long-time principal oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra and a central figure in modern oboe pedagogy.
  • D. John Mack
    John Mack is a collegiate athletics administrator best known for serving as the athletic director of Princeton University.
  • E. Steve Greer
    Steve Greer is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League during the 1970s.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jacques Vallée
Target entity description: Jacques Vallée is a French computer scientist, venture capitalist, and pioneering UFO researcher known for his influential alternative theories on the nature of unidentified aerial phenomena.
  • A. J. Allen Hynek
    J. Allen Hynek was an American astronomer and pioneering ufologist best known for developing the "Close Encounters" classification system for UFO sightings and for serving as a scientific advisor on U.S. Air Force UFO projects.
  • B. Philip J. Klass
    Philip J. Klass was an American journalist and prominent UFO skeptic known for his influential investigations and debunking of UFO claims.
  • C. John Mack
    John Mack was a renowned American oboist and influential teacher, long-time principal oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra and a central figure in modern oboe pedagogy.
  • D. John Mack
    John Mack is a collegiate athletics administrator best known for serving as the athletic director of Princeton University.
  • E. Steve Greer
    Steve Greer is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League during the 1970s.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8b9f0de78819099395b14db75a8a6 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e488812df081909771d51c54c405fe completed April 19, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:14 a.m.