Triple
T1806792
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Morton Thiokol |
E40238
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thiokol Corporation |
E32285
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Thiokol Corporation | Statement: [Morton Thiokol, formedByMergerOf, Thiokol Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thiokol Corporation Context triple: [Morton Thiokol, formedByMergerOf, Thiokol Corporation]
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A.
Thiokol
chosen
Thiokol was an American aerospace and chemical company best known for manufacturing the solid rocket boosters used on NASA’s Space Shuttle.
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B.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
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C.
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Sierra Nevada Corporation is a U.S. aerospace and defense contractor known for developing advanced space systems, including the Dream Chaser spaceplane, and providing technology solutions to government and commercial customers.
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D.
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a major American aerospace and defense company specializing in the design and production of rocket engines and propulsion systems for space, missile, and strategic defense applications.
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E.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded by Howard Hughes, known for pioneering work in aviation, electronics, and space systems.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88643a3388190a612f2ebe1fb29e7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa6598bd388190b5aa69b972cc8f0a |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adbf58cf648190a5a71adc82cfb618 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.