Triple

T4780820
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Venera missions E106159 entity
Predicate spacecraftSeries P41743 FINISHED
Object Venera 4
Venera 4 was a Soviet space probe that became the first spacecraft to successfully enter another planet’s atmosphere and transmit in-situ data, specifically from Venus, in 1967.
 E477172 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: Venera 4 | Statement: [Venera missions, spacecraftSeries, Venera 4]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Venera 4
Context triple: [Venera missions, spacecraftSeries, Venera 4]
  • A. Venera 3
    Venera 3 was a Soviet space probe that became the first human-made object to impact the surface of another planet, Venus, in 1966.
  • B. Venera 2
    Venera 2 was a Soviet space probe launched in 1965 as part of the Venera program, intended to conduct a flyby of Venus but lost communication before returning scientific data.
  • C. Venera 9
    Venera 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first human-made probe to successfully return images from the surface of Venus.
  • D. Venera 1
    Venera 1 was a Soviet interplanetary probe launched in 1961, notable as the first spacecraft to fly by Venus and an early milestone in planetary exploration.
  • E. Venera 7
    Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft notable for being the first human-made probe to successfully land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth, achieving this milestone on Venus in 1970.
  • 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: Venera 4
Triple: [Venera missions, spacecraftSeries, Venera 4]
Generated description
Venera 4 was a Soviet space probe that became the first spacecraft to successfully enter another planet’s atmosphere and transmit in-situ data, specifically from Venus, in 1967.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Venera 4
Target entity description: Venera 4 was a Soviet space probe that became the first spacecraft to successfully enter another planet’s atmosphere and transmit in-situ data, specifically from Venus, in 1967.
  • A. Venera 3
    Venera 3 was a Soviet space probe that became the first human-made object to impact the surface of another planet, Venus, in 1966.
  • B. Venera 2
    Venera 2 was a Soviet space probe launched in 1965 as part of the Venera program, intended to conduct a flyby of Venus but lost communication before returning scientific data.
  • C. Venera 9
    Venera 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first human-made probe to successfully return images from the surface of Venus.
  • D. Venera 1
    Venera 1 was a Soviet interplanetary probe launched in 1961, notable as the first spacecraft to fly by Venus and an early milestone in planetary exploration.
  • E. Venera 7
    Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft notable for being the first human-made probe to successfully land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth, achieving this milestone on Venus in 1970.
  • 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_69bd43f3074c8190937e7b0a457fe9f1 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6c40b3c881909be9fd9ee892993b completed March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be67c4460c81909d93ea5fcfa200e2 completed March 21, 2026, 9:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be6a00d044819080b94fa01cc2a3a1 completed March 21, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be6a4e09e08190888eac716374e024 completed March 21, 2026, 9:52 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:21 p.m.