Triple

T235248
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U-2 incident of 1960 E4495 entity
Predicate pilot P2087 FINISHED
Object Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers was an American U-2 spy plane pilot whose shootdown and capture over the Soviet Union in 1960 became a major Cold War flashpoint.
E30125 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Francis Gary Powers | Statement: [U-2 incident of 1960, pilot, Francis Gary Powers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Gary Powers
Context triple: [U-2 incident of 1960, pilot, Francis Gary Powers]
  • A. E. Howard Hunt
    E. Howard Hunt was a former CIA officer and White House operative best known as a key conspirator in the Watergate break-in and cover-up.
  • B. Chuck Yeager
    Chuck Yeager was a pioneering American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer best known for being the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.
  • C. James Jesus Angleton
    James Jesus Angleton was a prominent American intelligence officer best known for serving as the long-time chief of counterintelligence at the CIA during the Cold War.
  • D. Frank Wisner
    Frank Wisner was a prominent American intelligence officer who became a key architect of early U.S. covert operations during and after World War II.
  • E. Eugene E. Covert
    Eugene E. Covert was an American aeronautical engineer and MIT professor who served as the chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force and was a noted expert in fluid mechanics and aerospace technology.
  • 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: Francis Gary Powers
Triple: [U-2 incident of 1960, pilot, Francis Gary Powers]
Generated description
Francis Gary Powers was an American U-2 spy plane pilot whose shootdown and capture over the Soviet Union in 1960 became a major Cold War flashpoint.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Gary Powers
Target entity description: Francis Gary Powers was an American U-2 spy plane pilot whose shootdown and capture over the Soviet Union in 1960 became a major Cold War flashpoint.
  • A. E. Howard Hunt
    E. Howard Hunt was a former CIA officer and White House operative best known as a key conspirator in the Watergate break-in and cover-up.
  • B. Chuck Yeager
    Chuck Yeager was a pioneering American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer best known for being the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.
  • C. James Jesus Angleton
    James Jesus Angleton was a prominent American intelligence officer best known for serving as the long-time chief of counterintelligence at the CIA during the Cold War.
  • D. Frank Wisner
    Frank Wisner was a prominent American intelligence officer who became a key architect of early U.S. covert operations during and after World War II.
  • E. Eugene E. Covert
    Eugene E. Covert was an American aeronautical engineer and MIT professor who served as the chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force and was a noted expert in fluid mechanics and aerospace technology.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: pilot
Context triple: [U-2 incident of 1960, pilot, Francis Gary Powers]
  • A. notablePilot chosen
    Indicates that an entity is a distinguished or noteworthy pilot associated with another entity (such as a vehicle, event, or organization).
  • B. pilotRun
    Indicates that an entity conducts or participates in a preliminary or trial implementation of a process, system, or project to test and evaluate it before full-scale deployment.
  • C. departurePilot
    Indicates that a pilot is responsible for operating or commanding the departing flight or vehicle.
  • D. coPilotOf
    Indicates that one entity serves as the co-pilot assisting and supporting another entity in operating or navigating a vehicle or craft.
  • E. aircraft
    Indicates that an entity is an aircraft or functions in the role of an aircraft in the described context.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25cc9ab2c81909af278a07f86aa1e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a36478ebcc8190b95419be9bc6bba3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3651d2b108190a81d8c3076f6e617 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3657903608190988a4c933bbc262c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a25b5dc640819092669575731c393f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.