Triple

T7722836
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alliant Techsystems E175054 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK was a major American aerospace and defense company known for producing rockets, spacecraft, and munitions before being acquired by Northrop Grumman.
E239144 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: Orbital ATK | Statement: [Alliant Techsystems, successor, Orbital ATK]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orbital ATK
Context triple: [Alliant Techsystems, successor, Orbital ATK]
  • A. Orbital Sciences Corporation
    Orbital Sciences Corporation was an American aerospace company known for developing and launching satellites, rockets, and space systems for commercial, military, and scientific customers.
  • B. Northrop Grumman Space Technology
    Northrop Grumman Space Technology was a major aerospace and defense division of Northrop Grumman specializing in space systems, satellites, and related technologies.
  • C. Astra Space
    Astra Space is an American aerospace company focused on developing small, cost-effective launch vehicles to provide frequent, flexible access to low Earth orbit for small satellites.
  • D. United Launch Alliance
    United Launch Alliance is an American aerospace company that provides launch services for government and commercial customers, operating rockets such as Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan.
  • E. Ball Aerospace
    Ball Aerospace is an American aerospace company known for designing and building advanced space systems, instruments, and components for NASA, the U.S. military, and commercial customers.
  • 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: Orbital ATK
Triple: [Alliant Techsystems, successor, Orbital ATK]
Generated description
Orbital ATK was a major American aerospace and defense company known for producing rockets, spacecraft, and munitions before being acquired by Northrop Grumman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orbital ATK
Target entity description: Orbital ATK was a major American aerospace and defense company known for producing rockets, spacecraft, and munitions before being acquired by Northrop Grumman.
  • A. Orbital Sciences Corporation chosen
    Orbital Sciences Corporation was an American aerospace company known for developing and launching satellites, rockets, and space systems for commercial, military, and scientific customers.
  • B. Northrop Grumman Space Technology
    Northrop Grumman Space Technology was a major aerospace and defense division of Northrop Grumman specializing in space systems, satellites, and related technologies.
  • C. Astra Space
    Astra Space is an American aerospace company focused on developing small, cost-effective launch vehicles to provide frequent, flexible access to low Earth orbit for small satellites.
  • D. United Launch Alliance
    United Launch Alliance is an American aerospace company that provides launch services for government and commercial customers, operating rockets such as Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan.
  • E. Ball Aerospace
    Ball Aerospace is an American aerospace company known for designing and building advanced space systems, instruments, and components for NASA, the U.S. military, and commercial customers.
  • F. None of above.

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_69c6995d541c81909eaa646b1a8369a9 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c702f39fa48190b7b8a09446b5cf78 completed March 27, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8be2de08881909715d9164b743aae completed March 29, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8bef91cf081908d9d9c689c918905 completed March 29, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8bf5aa1348190a5c369bece6fb6db completed March 29, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:05 p.m.