Triple

T1815380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McDonnell Douglas E40424 entity
Predicate formedByMergerOf P77 FINISHED
Object Douglas Aircraft Company E116820 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: Douglas Aircraft Company | Statement: [McDonnell Douglas, formedByMergerOf, Douglas Aircraft Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Aircraft Company
Context triple: [McDonnell Douglas, formedByMergerOf, Douglas Aircraft Company]
  • A. Douglas Aircraft Company chosen
    Douglas Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace manufacturer known for producing influential military and commercial aircraft throughout much of the 20th century.
  • B. North American Aviation
    North American Aviation was a major American aerospace manufacturer best known for producing iconic military aircraft and spacecraft during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Convair
    Convair was a major American aerospace and defense contractor known for producing military aircraft, airliners, and early space launch vehicles during the mid-20th century.
  • D. United Aircraft Corporation
    United Aircraft Corporation was the original name of the American industrial conglomerate that evolved into United Technologies Corporation, a major aerospace and defense company.
  • E. Consolidated Aircraft
    Consolidated Aircraft was a major American aerospace manufacturer best known for producing important military aircraft during World War II, including bombers and flying boats.
  • 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa65f4628481909ca8e4c2302752ac completed March 6, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6ae17a808190b5574ca6baafdb71 completed March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.