Triple

T755860
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scaled Composites E15553 entity
Predicate keyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object Doug Shane
Doug Shane is an American aerospace engineer and test pilot known for his leadership roles at the experimental aircraft company Scaled Composites.
E151841 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: Doug Shane | Statement: [Scaled Composites, keyPerson, Doug Shane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Shane
Context triple: [Scaled Composites, keyPerson, Doug Shane]
  • A. Bryan Shaw
    Bryan Shaw is an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher known for his durability and heavy workload out of the bullpen, particularly during his tenure with the Cleveland Indians.
  • B. Sean Kilpatrick
    Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
  • C. Shane Hurlbut
    Shane Hurlbut is an American cinematographer known for his work on major Hollywood films and his influential role in advancing digital cinematography techniques.
  • D. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • E. Shane Steichen
    Shane Steichen is an American football coach best known for his offensive expertise and for serving as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL.
  • 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: Doug Shane
Triple: [Scaled Composites, keyPerson, Doug Shane]
Generated description
Doug Shane is an American aerospace engineer and test pilot known for his leadership roles at the experimental aircraft company Scaled Composites.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Shane
Target entity description: Doug Shane is an American aerospace engineer and test pilot known for his leadership roles at the experimental aircraft company Scaled Composites.
  • A. Bryan Shaw
    Bryan Shaw is an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher known for his durability and heavy workload out of the bullpen, particularly during his tenure with the Cleveland Indians.
  • B. Sean Kilpatrick
    Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
  • C. Shane Hurlbut
    Shane Hurlbut is an American cinematographer known for his work on major Hollywood films and his influential role in advancing digital cinematography techniques.
  • D. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • E. Shane Steichen
    Shane Steichen is an American football coach best known for his offensive expertise and for serving as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL.
  • 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_69a493599a0081908da65f3407af1ef2 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a6693cbc8190a167e12a896d7ce7 completed March 1, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbf0330b4819089042160ff199336 completed March 8, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbf873544819099d3dff98a6b2244 completed March 8, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc06483b08190b5b29f684b83f43f completed March 8, 2026, 12:18 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.