Triple
T4080307
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vanguard TV-4 |
E87461
|
entity |
| Predicate | successorTo |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Vanguard TV-3 |
E406320
|
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: Vanguard TV-3 | Statement: [Vanguard TV-4, successorTo, Vanguard TV-3]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vanguard TV-3 Context triple: [Vanguard TV-4, successorTo, Vanguard TV-3]
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A.
Vanguard TV3
chosen
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.
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B.
Vanguard 3
Vanguard 3 was an early American scientific satellite launched in 1959 to study Earth's magnetic field, radiation environment, and upper atmosphere as part of the Vanguard program.
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C.
Vanguard rocket
The Vanguard rocket was an early American expendable launch vehicle developed in the 1950s to place the first U.S. satellites into orbit during the early years of the Space Race.
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D.
Pioneer 4
Pioneer 4 was an early U.S. space probe launched in 1959 that became the first American spacecraft to escape Earth's gravity and enter a heliocentric orbit while conducting lunar flyby experiments.
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E.
Vanguard 2
Vanguard 2 is an early American Earth-orbiting satellite, launched in 1959 to measure cloud cover and improve understanding of Earth’s weather and atmospheric conditions.
- 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_69aed9435cf48190ad1da737c962d19d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefc5087b081909d6042bfe8d8a306 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b56b5c2c948190a2548e26be3eedfd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:39 p.m.