Triple

T374879
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United Airlines E8348 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object Varney Air Lines
Varney Air Lines was an early U.S. airmail and passenger carrier that became one of the key predecessors of modern United Airlines.
E47403 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: Varney Air Lines | Statement: [United Airlines, formerName, Varney Air Lines]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Varney Air Lines
Context triple: [United Airlines, formerName, Varney Air Lines]
  • A. Chautauqua Airlines (historically)
    Chautauqua Airlines was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder and commuter flights for major carriers under brands such as American Eagle.
  • B. Huff-Daland Aero Corporation
    Huff-Daland Aero Corporation was an early American aircraft manufacturer best known for developing some of the first specialized crop-dusting airplanes in the 1920s.
  • C. Peach Aviation
    Peach Aviation is a Japanese low-cost airline based in Osaka that operates domestic and international flights primarily across East Asia.
  • D. Red Wings Airlines
    Red Wings Airlines is a Russian passenger airline that operates scheduled and charter flights, primarily within Russia and to nearby international destinations.
  • E. United Aircraft Corporation
    United Aircraft Corporation was the original name of the American industrial conglomerate that evolved into United Technologies Corporation, a major aerospace and defense company.
  • 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: Varney Air Lines
Triple: [United Airlines, formerName, Varney Air Lines]
Generated description
Varney Air Lines was an early U.S. airmail and passenger carrier that became one of the key predecessors of modern United Airlines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Varney Air Lines
Target entity description: Varney Air Lines was an early U.S. airmail and passenger carrier that became one of the key predecessors of modern United Airlines.
  • A. Chautauqua Airlines (historically)
    Chautauqua Airlines was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder and commuter flights for major carriers under brands such as American Eagle.
  • B. Huff-Daland Aero Corporation
    Huff-Daland Aero Corporation was an early American aircraft manufacturer best known for developing some of the first specialized crop-dusting airplanes in the 1920s.
  • C. Peach Aviation
    Peach Aviation is a Japanese low-cost airline based in Osaka that operates domestic and international flights primarily across East Asia.
  • D. Red Wings Airlines
    Red Wings Airlines is a Russian passenger airline that operates scheduled and charter flights, primarily within Russia and to nearby international destinations.
  • E. United Aircraft Corporation
    United Aircraft Corporation was the original name of the American industrial conglomerate that evolved into United Technologies Corporation, a major aerospace and defense company.
  • 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec1585648190943f1c698e9b2d81 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3f0aa7ac081908125aee0042c63cc completed March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f11956f88190aed9f3b7f51c0c37 completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f21217b881909817a693e8cd75f5 completed March 1, 2026, 8 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.