Triple

T21292322
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boeing X-40A E524826 entity
Predicate designation P38 FINISHED
Object X-40A
X-40A is an unmanned, subscale test vehicle developed by Boeing and the U.S. Air Force to validate technologies for the X-37 reusable spaceplane program.
E1476626 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: X-40A | Statement: [Boeing X-40A, designation, X-40A]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: X-40A
Context triple: [Boeing X-40A, designation, X-40A]
  • A. X-34
    X-34 is an experimental unmanned hypersonic research aircraft developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation to test reusable spaceplane technologies.
  • B. X-20
    X-20 was an experimental U.S. Air Force spaceplane project from the early Cold War era intended to test reusable, piloted orbital and suborbital flight before being canceled in the 1960s.
  • C. X-24A
    X-24A is an experimental lifting-body research aircraft developed in the late 1960s to study unpowered reentry and landing characteristics for future spaceplane designs.
  • D. X-24B
    X-24B is an experimental lifting-body research aircraft developed in the late 1960s–1970s to study unpowered reentry and landing characteristics for future reusable spacecraft.
  • E. X-24
    X-24 is an experimental 24-cylinder aircraft engine layout formed by coupling four cylinder banks in an "X" arrangement around a common crankshaft.
  • 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: X-40A
Triple: [Boeing X-40A, designation, X-40A]
Generated description
X-40A is an unmanned, subscale test vehicle developed by Boeing and the U.S. Air Force to validate technologies for the X-37 reusable spaceplane program.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: X-40A
Target entity description: X-40A is an unmanned, subscale test vehicle developed by Boeing and the U.S. Air Force to validate technologies for the X-37 reusable spaceplane program.
  • A. X-34
    X-34 is an experimental unmanned hypersonic research aircraft developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation to test reusable spaceplane technologies.
  • B. X-20
    X-20 was an experimental U.S. Air Force spaceplane project from the early Cold War era intended to test reusable, piloted orbital and suborbital flight before being canceled in the 1960s.
  • C. X-24A
    X-24A is an experimental lifting-body research aircraft developed in the late 1960s to study unpowered reentry and landing characteristics for future spaceplane designs.
  • D. X-24B
    X-24B is an experimental lifting-body research aircraft developed in the late 1960s–1970s to study unpowered reentry and landing characteristics for future reusable spacecraft.
  • E. X-24
    X-24 is an experimental 24-cylinder aircraft engine layout formed by coupling four cylinder banks in an "X" arrangement around a common crankshaft.
  • 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_69e0b517e6748190850d6f6ddf323d69 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e73855e5d08190aed5e285247b4e23 completed April 21, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a099810106c8190a2ee5789bd0380c6 completed May 17, 2026, 10:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0998d6b37881908a1b09afc1f67746 completed May 17, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0999884e0481909b7ea54cd7ef87b5 completed May 17, 2026, 10:33 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:04 p.m.