Triple

T4012911
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Explorer 1 E90686 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Vanguard TV3
Vanguard TV3 was an early U.S. satellite launch attempt in 1957 that failed to reach orbit, becoming a notable setback in the opening phase of the Space Race.
E406320 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: Vanguard TV3 | Statement: [Explorer 1, precededBy, Vanguard TV3]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vanguard TV3
Context triple: [Explorer 1, precededBy, Vanguard TV3]
  • A. Vanguard TV-4
    Vanguard TV-4 was the American Vanguard rocket that successfully launched Vanguard 1, one of the earliest artificial Earth satellites, during the early space race.
  • B. Cygnus spacecraft
    The Cygnus spacecraft is an uncrewed commercial cargo vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to deliver supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.
  • C. HTV spacecraft
    The HTV spacecraft, also known as Kounotori, is a Japanese uncrewed cargo vehicle designed to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
  • D. Orbital Test Vehicle
    The Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane developed for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to conduct long-duration, classified orbital missions and technology demonstrations.
  • E. Mercury spacecraft
    The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s first crewed space vehicle, designed in the early 1960s to carry a single astronaut into Earth orbit and safely return them, paving the way for later Gemini and Apollo missions.
  • 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: Vanguard TV3
Triple: [Explorer 1, precededBy, Vanguard TV3]
Generated description
Vanguard TV3 was an early U.S. satellite launch attempt in 1957 that failed to reach orbit, becoming a notable setback in the opening phase of the Space Race.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vanguard TV3
Target entity description: Vanguard TV3 was an early U.S. satellite launch attempt in 1957 that failed to reach orbit, becoming a notable setback in the opening phase of the Space Race.
  • A. Vanguard TV-4
    Vanguard TV-4 was the American Vanguard rocket that successfully launched Vanguard 1, one of the earliest artificial Earth satellites, during the early space race.
  • B. Cygnus spacecraft
    The Cygnus spacecraft is an uncrewed commercial cargo vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to deliver supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.
  • C. HTV spacecraft
    The HTV spacecraft, also known as Kounotori, is a Japanese uncrewed cargo vehicle designed to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
  • D. Orbital Test Vehicle
    The Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane developed for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to conduct long-duration, classified orbital missions and technology demonstrations.
  • E. Mercury spacecraft
    The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s first crewed space vehicle, designed in the early 1960s to carry a single astronaut into Earth orbit and safely return them, paving the way for later Gemini and Apollo missions.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54d1898d48190b717a17ad366918d completed March 14, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54ded2e6c8190a6dc9ce2f5d474b8 completed March 14, 2026, noon
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:35 p.m.