Triple

T9837713
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Orbital Sciences Corporation E239144 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object David W. Thompson
David W. Thompson is an American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Orbital Sciences Corporation, a major developer of space launch vehicles and satellites.
E827804 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: David W. Thompson | Statement: [Orbital Sciences Corporation, foundedBy, David W. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David W. Thompson
Context triple: [Orbital Sciences Corporation, foundedBy, David W. Thompson]
  • A. Stanley G. Thompson
    Stanley G. Thompson was an American chemist best known for co-discovering several transuranium elements, including berkelium and californium, during his work on nuclear chemistry.
  • B. Clark W. Thompson
    Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
  • C. David O'Neil Thompson
    David O'Neil Thompson is a retired American professional basketball player best known for his explosive scoring ability and starring career with the Denver Nuggets in the 1970s.
  • D. Edward K. Thompson
    Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
  • E. John M. Dawson
    John M. Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and computational plasma physics.
  • 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: David W. Thompson
Triple: [Orbital Sciences Corporation, foundedBy, David W. Thompson]
Generated description
David W. Thompson is an American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Orbital Sciences Corporation, a major developer of space launch vehicles and satellites.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David W. Thompson
Target entity description: David W. Thompson is an American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Orbital Sciences Corporation, a major developer of space launch vehicles and satellites.
  • A. Stanley G. Thompson
    Stanley G. Thompson was an American chemist best known for co-discovering several transuranium elements, including berkelium and californium, during his work on nuclear chemistry.
  • B. Clark W. Thompson
    Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
  • C. David O'Neil Thompson
    David O'Neil Thompson is a retired American professional basketball player best known for his explosive scoring ability and starring career with the Denver Nuggets in the 1970s.
  • D. Edward K. Thompson
    Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
  • E. John M. Dawson
    John M. Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and computational plasma physics.
  • 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_69ca84e314108190978324a4bdb959f8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb347ff4c81908c312548a25bae71 completed April 2, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1ead061388190abbed7eb29e8ea52 completed April 5, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1ec05d39c81909debbe9ae7869379 completed April 5, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1ecd530e88190a92867a61b291106 completed April 5, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:33 p.m.