Triple
T21772362
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lawrence Sperry Award |
E537465
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lawrence Sperry
Lawrence Sperry was an American aviation pioneer and inventor known for developing early aircraft autopilot and flight safety technologies.
|
E1506393
|
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: Lawrence Sperry | Statement: [Lawrence Sperry Award, namedAfter, Lawrence Sperry]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Sperry Context triple: [Lawrence Sperry Award, namedAfter, Lawrence Sperry]
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A.
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Elmer Ambrose Sperry was an American inventor and engineer best known for pioneering gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that revolutionized navigation and control systems in ships and aircraft.
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B.
Joseph Evans Sperry
Joseph Evans Sperry was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century buildings in Baltimore, Maryland.
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C.
Charles F. Curtiss
Charles F. Curtiss is a scientist and co-author known for his influential work on the theory and modeling of polymeric liquids.
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D.
Walter H. Beech
Walter H. Beech was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the Beech Aircraft Corporation, a major manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft.
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E.
Alvin Sortwell
Alvin Sortwell was an American politician and businessman from Cambridge, Massachusetts, who served as mayor in the late 19th century.
- 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: Lawrence Sperry Triple: [Lawrence Sperry Award, namedAfter, Lawrence Sperry]
Generated description
Lawrence Sperry was an American aviation pioneer and inventor known for developing early aircraft autopilot and flight safety technologies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Sperry Target entity description: Lawrence Sperry was an American aviation pioneer and inventor known for developing early aircraft autopilot and flight safety technologies.
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A.
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Elmer Ambrose Sperry was an American inventor and engineer best known for pioneering gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that revolutionized navigation and control systems in ships and aircraft.
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B.
Joseph Evans Sperry
Joseph Evans Sperry was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century buildings in Baltimore, Maryland.
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C.
Charles F. Curtiss
Charles F. Curtiss is a scientist and co-author known for his influential work on the theory and modeling of polymeric liquids.
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D.
Walter H. Beech
Walter H. Beech was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the Beech Aircraft Corporation, a major manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft.
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E.
Alvin Sortwell
Alvin Sortwell was an American politician and businessman from Cambridge, Massachusetts, who served as mayor in the late 19th century.
- 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_69e0c470759c819094a215757113562b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f031af6a488190a2dcebed43d199d4 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 4:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a529046108190b12420715ea915e8 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a53a3455881908e1d8577a8ed6e82 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a5467d2108190b8d5d12819726991 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:51 p.m.