Triple
T1806805
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Morton Thiokol |
E40238
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thiokol Propulsion |
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 Propulsion | Statement: [Morton Thiokol, successor, Thiokol Propulsion]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thiokol Propulsion Context triple: [Morton Thiokol, successor, Thiokol Propulsion]
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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.
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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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.
Ball Aerospace
Ball Aerospace is an American aerospace company known for designing and building advanced space systems, instruments, and components for NASA, the U.S. military, and commercial customers.
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E.
Morton Thiokol
Morton Thiokol was an American aerospace and defense contractor best known for manufacturing the solid rocket boosters involved in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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_69add1baea1c8190a452ffb17dc91aa0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.