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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
notablePilot
chosen
Indicates that an entity is a distinguished or noteworthy pilot associated with another entity (such as a vehicle, event, or organization).
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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.
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C.
departurePilot
Indicates that a pilot is responsible for operating or commanding the departing flight or vehicle.
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D.
coPilotOf
Indicates that one entity serves as the co-pilot assisting and supporting another entity in operating or navigating a vehicle or craft.
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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.