Triple

T1994752
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SR-71 Blackbird E43332 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was a pioneering American aerospace engineer and head of Lockheed's Skunk Works, renowned for leading the design of advanced aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.
E223684 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: Clarence "Kelly" Johnson | Statement: [SR-71 Blackbird, designer, Clarence "Kelly" Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
Context triple: [SR-71 Blackbird, designer, Clarence "Kelly" Johnson]
  • A. James Smith McDonnell
    James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
  • B. William E. Boeing
    William E. Boeing was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the Boeing Company, which became one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers.
  • C. William A. Moffett
    William A. Moffett was a pioneering U.S. Navy admiral known as the “Father of Naval Aviation” for his crucial role in developing and championing American air power at sea.
  • D. Charles Hercules Rutan
    Charles Hercules Rutan was an American architect best known as a partner in the influential late-19th- and early-20th-century firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, successors to H. H. Richardson.
  • E. Hap Arnold
    Hap Arnold was a pioneering American air force general who led U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II and became the only U.S. Air Force officer to hold five-star rank.
  • 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: Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
Triple: [SR-71 Blackbird, designer, Clarence "Kelly" Johnson]
Generated description
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was a pioneering American aerospace engineer and head of Lockheed's Skunk Works, renowned for leading the design of advanced aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
Target entity description: Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was a pioneering American aerospace engineer and head of Lockheed's Skunk Works, renowned for leading the design of advanced aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.
  • A. James Smith McDonnell
    James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
  • B. William E. Boeing
    William E. Boeing was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the Boeing Company, which became one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers.
  • C. William A. Moffett
    William A. Moffett was a pioneering U.S. Navy admiral known as the “Father of Naval Aviation” for his crucial role in developing and championing American air power at sea.
  • D. Charles Hercules Rutan
    Charles Hercules Rutan was an American architect best known as a partner in the influential late-19th- and early-20th-century firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, successors to H. H. Richardson.
  • E. Hap Arnold
    Hap Arnold was a pioneering American air force general who led U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II and became the only U.S. Air Force officer to hold five-star rank.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69a88714cf2c819081644be450b8356e completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb8640f30819080322bddb85881f1 completed March 7, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae033c6cf88190acf6418f0d784914 completed March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03c4faac8190a13aa0882eda3629 completed March 8, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0445a9608190918a7bd45b9bf999 completed March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.