Triple

T471248
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject AN/TPY-2 E8560 entity
Predicate deployment P12960 FINISHED
Object THAAD batteries
THAAD batteries are mobile U.S. missile defense systems designed to detect, track, and intercept short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles during their terminal phase using hit-to-kill technology.
E58954 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: THAAD batteries | Statement: [AN/TPY-2, deployment, THAAD batteries]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: THAAD batteries
Context triple: [AN/TPY-2, deployment, THAAD batteries]
  • A. Patriot missile system
    The Patriot missile system is a long-range, all-altitude, air-defense system designed to detect, track, and intercept incoming aircraft, missiles, and drones, widely used by the U.S. and allied militaries.
  • B. AN/TPY-2 radar
    The AN/TPY-2 radar is a high-resolution, X-band, phased-array missile defense radar used for detecting, tracking, and discriminating ballistic missile threats.
  • C. Scud missiles
    Scud missiles are Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missiles that gained widespread notoriety for their use by Iraq to attack coalition and civilian targets during the Gulf War.
  • D. Trident nuclear missile system
    The Trident nuclear missile system is the United Kingdom’s submarine-launched ballistic missile-based nuclear deterrent, carried by its Vanguard-class submarines as the core of its strategic defense.
  • E. AN/MPQ-53 radar
    The AN/MPQ-53 is a multifunction, phased-array fire control radar used to detect, track, and guide interceptors against aircraft and missile threats in the Patriot air defense system.
  • 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: THAAD batteries
Triple: [AN/TPY-2, deployment, THAAD batteries]
Generated description
THAAD batteries are mobile U.S. missile defense systems designed to detect, track, and intercept short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles during their terminal phase using hit-to-kill technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: THAAD batteries
Target entity description: THAAD batteries are mobile U.S. missile defense systems designed to detect, track, and intercept short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles during their terminal phase using hit-to-kill technology.
  • A. Patriot missile system
    The Patriot missile system is a long-range, all-altitude, air-defense system designed to detect, track, and intercept incoming aircraft, missiles, and drones, widely used by the U.S. and allied militaries.
  • B. AN/TPY-2 radar
    The AN/TPY-2 radar is a high-resolution, X-band, phased-array missile defense radar used for detecting, tracking, and discriminating ballistic missile threats.
  • C. Scud missiles
    Scud missiles are Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missiles that gained widespread notoriety for their use by Iraq to attack coalition and civilian targets during the Gulf War.
  • D. Trident nuclear missile system
    The Trident nuclear missile system is the United Kingdom’s submarine-launched ballistic missile-based nuclear deterrent, carried by its Vanguard-class submarines as the core of its strategic defense.
  • E. AN/MPQ-53 radar
    The AN/MPQ-53 is a multifunction, phased-array fire control radar used to detect, track, and guide interceptors against aircraft and missile threats in the Patriot air defense system.
  • 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_69a2e7f3aeb48190a19453e3a043f486 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f01ec5148190b74e1727712f1163 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a462f9f1b88190a6c51368b5f80c5f completed March 1, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a463afec188190893dec4417cb774c completed March 1, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4640129008190b7b69a87dd342936 completed March 1, 2026, 4:06 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.