Triple

T201667
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rolls-Royce Merlin E4518 entity
Predicate notableAircraftPowered P8254 FINISHED
Object Boulton Paul Defiant
The Boulton Paul Defiant was a British World War II fighter aircraft distinguished by its unusual turret-mounted armament and lack of forward-firing guns.
E31921 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: Boulton Paul Defiant | Statement: [Rolls-Royce Merlin, notableAircraftPowered, Boulton Paul Defiant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boulton Paul Defiant
Context triple: [Rolls-Royce Merlin, notableAircraftPowered, Boulton Paul Defiant]
  • A. Supermarine Spiteful
    The Supermarine Spiteful was a late-World War II British fighter aircraft developed as an advanced, high-performance evolution of the Spitfire with a new laminar-flow wing and improved speed.
  • B. Fairey Battle
    The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber used by the Royal Air Force in the early years of World War II, noted for its heavy losses in combat due to inadequate performance against modern fighters.
  • C. Hawker Hurricane
    The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, renowned for its crucial role in achieving air superiority during the Battle of Britain.
  • D. de Havilland Mosquito
    The de Havilland Mosquito was a fast, versatile British World War II combat aircraft, nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder" for its largely wooden construction and use in roles ranging from bomber and fighter to reconnaissance.
  • E. Supermarine Spitfire
    The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its speed, agility, and iconic role in securing Allied air superiority during World War II.
  • 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: Boulton Paul Defiant
Triple: [Rolls-Royce Merlin, notableAircraftPowered, Boulton Paul Defiant]
Generated description
The Boulton Paul Defiant was a British World War II fighter aircraft distinguished by its unusual turret-mounted armament and lack of forward-firing guns.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boulton Paul Defiant
Target entity description: The Boulton Paul Defiant was a British World War II fighter aircraft distinguished by its unusual turret-mounted armament and lack of forward-firing guns.
  • A. Supermarine Spiteful
    The Supermarine Spiteful was a late-World War II British fighter aircraft developed as an advanced, high-performance evolution of the Spitfire with a new laminar-flow wing and improved speed.
  • B. Fairey Battle
    The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber used by the Royal Air Force in the early years of World War II, noted for its heavy losses in combat due to inadequate performance against modern fighters.
  • C. Hawker Hurricane
    The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, renowned for its crucial role in achieving air superiority during the Battle of Britain.
  • D. de Havilland Mosquito
    The de Havilland Mosquito was a fast, versatile British World War II combat aircraft, nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder" for its largely wooden construction and use in roles ranging from bomber and fighter to reconnaissance.
  • E. Supermarine Spitfire
    The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its speed, agility, and iconic role in securing Allied air superiority during World War II.
  • 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a260c178ac819085eb94ccaf64b780 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a36cecd7548190afb12addafc7bbf5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a370c0be6c81909896818df1ac5e28 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3712460ec819081e5cafb812dfb9d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.