Triple
T5790165
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hughes Helicopters |
E128371
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquiredBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | McDonnell Douglas |
E40424
|
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: McDonnell Douglas | Statement: [Hughes Helicopters, acquiredBy, McDonnell Douglas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McDonnell Douglas Context triple: [Hughes Helicopters, acquiredBy, McDonnell Douglas]
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A.
McDonnell Douglas
chosen
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor known for producing commercial airliners and military aircraft before merging with Boeing in 1997.
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B.
Convair
Convair was a major American aerospace and defense contractor known for producing military aircraft, airliners, and early space launch vehicles during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Northrop
Northrop is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft and related technologies.
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D.
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace manufacturer known for producing influential military and commercial aircraft throughout much of the 20th century.
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E.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
- 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_69c0084450048190bc647b649a05136b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02a5585788190821b8da40259e0e7 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c1134155608190bc9271dba417a512 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.