Triple
T4080412
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1958 Beta 2 |
E87463
|
entity |
| Predicate | category |
P87
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Vanguard satellites |
E15283
|
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 satellites | Statement: [1958 Beta 2, category, Vanguard satellites]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vanguard satellites Context triple: [1958 Beta 2, category, Vanguard satellites]
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A.
Vanguard 1 satellite
chosen
Vanguard 1 satellite is an early American artificial Earth satellite launched in 1958 that became the fourth human-made object in space and the oldest still in orbit, used primarily for geophysical and atmospheric research.
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B.
Alouette satellites
The Alouette satellites were pioneering Canadian scientific spacecraft launched in the 1960s to study the ionosphere, marking Canada as one of the first nations to design and build its own satellite.
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C.
Aura satellite
Aura is a NASA Earth-observing satellite dedicated to studying the planet’s atmosphere, particularly air quality, ozone layer dynamics, and climate-related atmospheric changes.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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_69aefc5204d881909829de15015aa50d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b562c0ecb48190b3def058eaf49dd3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:39 p.m.