Triple

T299
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas Engelbart E5 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object NACA
NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) was the U.S. government agency that conducted pioneering aeronautical research and served as the predecessor to NASA.
 E86 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: NACA | Statement: [Douglas Engelbart, employer, NACA]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: NACA
Context triple: [Douglas Engelbart, employer, NACA]
  • A. National Science Foundation
    The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
  • B. Office of Scientific Research and Development
    The Office of Scientific Research and Development was a U.S. government agency during World War II that coordinated military-related scientific research, including major projects like the development of radar and the atomic bomb.
  • C. National Academy of Sciences
    The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
  • D. Carnegie Institution of Washington
    The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
  • E. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
  • 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: NACA
Triple: [Douglas Engelbart, employer, NACA]
Generated description
NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) was the U.S. government agency that conducted pioneering aeronautical research and served as the predecessor to NASA.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: NACA
Target entity description: NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) was the U.S. government agency that conducted pioneering aeronautical research and served as the predecessor to NASA.
  • A. National Science Foundation
    The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
  • B. Office of Scientific Research and Development
    The Office of Scientific Research and Development was a U.S. government agency during World War II that coordinated military-related scientific research, including major projects like the development of radar and the atomic bomb.
  • C. National Academy of Sciences
    The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
  • D. Carnegie Institution of Washington
    The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
  • E. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
  • 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_69a222a954e48190b48f126a67485661 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a222fb8de081909985a8ceba17a89e completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a23296d6a881908dbf9acacf9fb94f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a23385a92c81909dc72e5193d32d36 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a234b8f2648190881fdeb4a864617f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:04 p.m.