Triple
T3251569
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Memorandum on the Detection of Aircraft by Radio Methods (1935) |
E68190
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorFullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt |
E12732
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt | Statement: [Memorandum on the Detection of Aircraft by Radio Methods (1935), authorFullName, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt Context triple: [Memorandum on the Detection of Aircraft by Radio Methods (1935), authorFullName, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt]
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A.
Robert Watson-Watt
chosen
Robert Watson-Watt was a Scottish pioneer of radar technology whose work on early warning systems was crucial to Britain’s air defense in World War II.
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B.
Henry Tizard
Henry Tizard was a British chemist, aviation and radar pioneer, and influential government scientific adviser who played a key role in shaping the United Kingdom’s early World War II research and defense technology strategy.
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C.
Roy Fedden
Roy Fedden was a prominent British aircraft engine designer and engineer, best known for his influential work on piston engines that powered many Royal Air Force aircraft in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Sir Bernard Lovell
Sir Bernard Lovell was a pioneering English physicist and radio astronomer best known for founding and directing the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
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E.
Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor best known for playing Michael, the older brother, in the classic 1982 science fiction film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad858f74408190bcbd07f967cd7bd0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaf425394819084ae6304da211c00 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b28ec4375881908d7f22ef4a80b60c |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.