Triple

T17372785
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject WFF E422357 entity
Predicate supportsProgram P178 FINISHED
Object NASA balloon program
The NASA balloon program is a scientific initiative that uses high-altitude balloons to carry instruments into near-space for research in fields such as astrophysics, atmospheric science, and technology testing.
E1266614 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: NASA balloon program | Statement: [WFF, supportsProgram, NASA balloon program]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NASA balloon program
Context triple: [WFF, supportsProgram, NASA balloon program]
  • A. Project Mogul balloon
    Project Mogul balloon was a top-secret U.S. military high-altitude balloon program designed to detect Soviet nuclear tests, later cited as the official explanation for the debris found in the 1947 Roswell incident.
  • B. Auguste Piccard high-altitude balloon gondolas
    Auguste Piccard high-altitude balloon gondolas were pioneering pressurized cabins designed for stratospheric balloon flights, enabling some of the earliest scientific explorations of the upper atmosphere.
  • C. NASA Getaway Special program
    The NASA Getaway Special program was a low-cost initiative that allowed universities, companies, and individuals to fly small self-contained experiments in canisters aboard the Space Shuttle.
  • D. NASA Explorer Program
    The NASA Explorer Program is a long-running series of competitively selected, cost-capped space science missions designed to conduct focused, innovative research across astrophysics, heliophysics, and planetary science.
  • E. TIROS program
    The TIROS program was an early series of U.S. weather satellites that pioneered the use of satellite imagery for meteorological observation and forecasting.
  • 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: NASA balloon program
Triple: [WFF, supportsProgram, NASA balloon program]
Generated description
The NASA balloon program is a scientific initiative that uses high-altitude balloons to carry instruments into near-space for research in fields such as astrophysics, atmospheric science, and technology testing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NASA balloon program
Target entity description: The NASA balloon program is a scientific initiative that uses high-altitude balloons to carry instruments into near-space for research in fields such as astrophysics, atmospheric science, and technology testing.
  • A. Project Mogul balloon
    Project Mogul balloon was a top-secret U.S. military high-altitude balloon program designed to detect Soviet nuclear tests, later cited as the official explanation for the debris found in the 1947 Roswell incident.
  • B. Auguste Piccard high-altitude balloon gondolas
    Auguste Piccard high-altitude balloon gondolas were pioneering pressurized cabins designed for stratospheric balloon flights, enabling some of the earliest scientific explorations of the upper atmosphere.
  • C. NASA Getaway Special program
    The NASA Getaway Special program was a low-cost initiative that allowed universities, companies, and individuals to fly small self-contained experiments in canisters aboard the Space Shuttle.
  • D. NASA Explorer Program
    The NASA Explorer Program is a long-running series of competitively selected, cost-capped space science missions designed to conduct focused, innovative research across astrophysics, heliophysics, and planetary science.
  • E. TIROS program
    The TIROS program was an early series of U.S. weather satellites that pioneered the use of satellite imagery for meteorological observation and forecasting.
  • 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_69d889d6535c81908be333c01deaec4e completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e43a6a9ec881908bfe49413826d37e completed April 19, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a019fef65b48190811f2e034672b572 completed May 11, 2026, 9:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01a176d2488190951bbe07233a37e4 completed May 11, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01a58b12088190828078c69c4fff4b completed May 11, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.