Triple
T3714596
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ford Trimotor (early variants) |
E81495
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableOperator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Transcontinental Air Transport |
E316050
|
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: Transcontinental Air Transport | Statement: [Ford Trimotor (early variants), notableOperator, Transcontinental Air Transport]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transcontinental Air Transport Context triple: [Ford Trimotor (early variants), notableOperator, Transcontinental Air Transport]
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A.
Transcontinental Air Transport
chosen
Transcontinental Air Transport was an early U.S. airline of the late 1920s and early 1930s that pioneered coast-to-coast passenger service by combining rail and air travel.
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B.
Union Airways
Union Airways was an early South African airline that later became part of the national carrier, South African Airways.
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C.
Civil Air Transport
Civil Air Transport was a post–World War II Chinese airline closely linked to U.S. intelligence operations that evolved into a key air transport asset for the CIA in Asia.
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D.
Pan American World Airways
Pan American World Airways was a pioneering and iconic American international airline that helped popularize long-haul jet travel in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Western Air Express
Western Air Express was an early American airline that operated passenger and mail services in the western United States during the late 1920s and 1930s.
- 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_69ad8b1a81588190b3f27a5483bb610e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc9ce253c8190ada8eaa395fd3d5c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4f02784508190ac95306a7931f563 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:33 p.m.