Triple

T743025
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vanguard 1 E15283 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was the first successful United States satellite, launched in 1958 and notable for discovering the Van Allen radiation belts.
E90686 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: Explorer 1 | Statement: [Vanguard 1, precededBy, Explorer 1]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explorer 1
Context triple: [Vanguard 1, precededBy, Explorer 1]
  • A. Vanguard 1 satellite
    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.
  • B. Pioneer 10
    Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that became the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make a direct observation of Jupiter before heading into interstellar space.
  • C. Pioneer 11
    Pioneer 11 is a NASA space probe launched in 1973 that conducted pioneering flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, helping to open the outer solar system to exploration.
  • D. Sputnik 1
    Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 and marking the beginning of the space age.
  • E. Voyager 1
    Voyager 1 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 that became the most distant human-made object in space, conducting historic flybys of Jupiter and Saturn and now exploring interstellar space.
  • 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: Explorer 1
Triple: [Vanguard 1, precededBy, Explorer 1]
Generated description
Explorer 1 was the first successful United States satellite, launched in 1958 and notable for discovering the Van Allen radiation belts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explorer 1
Target entity description: Explorer 1 was the first successful United States satellite, launched in 1958 and notable for discovering the Van Allen radiation belts.
  • A. Vanguard 1 satellite
    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.
  • B. Pioneer 10
    Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that became the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make a direct observation of Jupiter before heading into interstellar space.
  • C. Pioneer 11
    Pioneer 11 is a NASA space probe launched in 1973 that conducted pioneering flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, helping to open the outer solar system to exploration.
  • D. Sputnik 1
    Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 and marking the beginning of the space age.
  • E. Voyager 1
    Voyager 1 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 that became the most distant human-made object in space, conducting historic flybys of Jupiter and Saturn and now exploring interstellar space.
  • 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_69a49358aa308190adbc9b5a0a2adcf9 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a60f92d08190a4f44c5b4d068ab5 completed March 1, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a65e3df8e48190905f89acbf7f3667 completed March 3, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a663f6db448190b82c18393b6c7a3c completed March 3, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6646c5d3c81909b51268eaf8d14be completed March 3, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.