Triple
T4012905
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Explorer 1 |
E90686
|
entity |
| Predicate | principalInvestigator |
P2805
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Van Allen |
E70221
|
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: James Van Allen | Statement: [Explorer 1, principalInvestigator, James Van Allen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Van Allen Context triple: [Explorer 1, principalInvestigator, James Van Allen]
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A.
James A. Van Allen
chosen
James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
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B.
William Henry Pickering
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
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C.
Archie Marshek
Archie Marshek was an American film editor known for his work during Hollywood’s early sound era, including editing the 1932 thriller "The Most Dangerous Game."
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D.
Verner E. Suomi
Verner E. Suomi was an American atmospheric scientist and engineer widely regarded as the "father of satellite meteorology" for pioneering the use of satellites to study Earth's weather and climate.
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E.
Lyman Spitzer Jr.
Lyman Spitzer Jr. was an influential American astrophysicist best known for his pioneering work on interstellar matter and for conceiving and advocating the development of space-based telescopes, including what became the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 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_69aed95e44088190aff7d90a151b1b20 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefa893ce08190b8fe49a11123738d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b54c70eb7c8190bc5c4086b756c9c4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:35 p.m.