Triple

T20250996
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Colgan Air E498553 entity
Predicate notableAccident P22 FINISHED
Object Colgan Air Flight 3407
Colgan Air Flight 3407 was a 2009 regional passenger flight that crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing all on board and prompting major reforms in U.S. pilot training and fatigue regulations.
E1421249 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: Colgan Air Flight 3407 | Statement: [Colgan Air, notableAccident, Colgan Air Flight 3407]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colgan Air Flight 3407
Context triple: [Colgan Air, notableAccident, Colgan Air Flight 3407]
  • A. Colgan Air
    Colgan Air was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder flights for major carriers under brands such as United Express and Continental Connection before ceasing operations in 2012.
  • B. Flight 4590
    Flight 4590 was the Air France Concorde flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris in 2000, marking the only fatal accident involving the supersonic airliner.
  • C. US Airways Flight 1549
    US Airways Flight 1549 was the 2009 passenger flight that famously ditched in the Hudson River after a bird strike disabled both engines, with all 155 people on board surviving.
  • D. Alaska Airlines Flight 261
    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight that tragically crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after a catastrophic mechanical failure, killing all 88 people on board and prompting major safety investigations and reforms.
  • E. Braniff Flight 542
    Braniff Flight 542 was a 1959 Braniff Airways domestic passenger flight that broke up in midair near Buffalo, Texas, killing all aboard and becoming one of the early fatal accidents involving the Lockheed L-188 Electra.
  • 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: Colgan Air Flight 3407
Triple: [Colgan Air, notableAccident, Colgan Air Flight 3407]
Generated description
Colgan Air Flight 3407 was a 2009 regional passenger flight that crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing all on board and prompting major reforms in U.S. pilot training and fatigue regulations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colgan Air Flight 3407
Target entity description: Colgan Air Flight 3407 was a 2009 regional passenger flight that crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing all on board and prompting major reforms in U.S. pilot training and fatigue regulations.
  • A. Colgan Air
    Colgan Air was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder flights for major carriers under brands such as United Express and Continental Connection before ceasing operations in 2012.
  • B. Flight 4590
    Flight 4590 was the Air France Concorde flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris in 2000, marking the only fatal accident involving the supersonic airliner.
  • C. US Airways Flight 1549
    US Airways Flight 1549 was the 2009 passenger flight that famously ditched in the Hudson River after a bird strike disabled both engines, with all 155 people on board surviving.
  • D. Alaska Airlines Flight 261
    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight that tragically crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 after a catastrophic mechanical failure, killing all 88 people on board and prompting major safety investigations and reforms.
  • E. Braniff Flight 542
    Braniff Flight 542 was a 1959 Braniff Airways domestic passenger flight that broke up in midair near Buffalo, Texas, killing all aboard and becoming one of the early fatal accidents involving the Lockheed L-188 Electra.
  • 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_69da6274c58c81909c646eabed6f4f30 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e673a79a208190a5a7c0f6515bc393 completed April 20, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0855262c548190b5f6102b4e6e01a6 completed May 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0856ac50e081909c8bc737e4fe6e56 completed May 16, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a085746f2f08190a703a832f5867c7b completed May 16, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:41 p.m.