Triple
T9432316
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William L. "Red" Whittaker |
E227410
|
entity |
| Predicate | participatedIn |
P149
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
DARPA Urban Challenge
The DARPA Urban Challenge was a 2007 autonomous vehicle competition in which self-driving cars navigated a mock urban environment to advance robotics and driverless technology.
|
E800435
|
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: DARPA Urban Challenge | Statement: [William L. "Red" Whittaker, participatedIn, DARPA Urban Challenge]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DARPA Urban Challenge Context triple: [William L. "Red" Whittaker, participatedIn, DARPA Urban Challenge]
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A.
DARPA Grand Challenge
The DARPA Grand Challenge was a series of autonomous vehicle competitions in the 2000s that catalyzed major advances in self-driving car technology and robotics research.
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B.
Carnegie Mellon University Red Team in the DARPA Grand Challenge
The Carnegie Mellon University Red Team in the DARPA Grand Challenge was a pioneering robotics group that developed and fielded autonomous vehicles in the early landmark competitions for self-driving car technology.
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C.
DARPA Grand Challenge winning team
The DARPA Grand Challenge winning team was the group of researchers and engineers, led by Sebastian Thrun at Stanford, whose autonomous vehicle "Stanley" successfully completed the 2005 desert race and became a landmark achievement in self-driving car development.
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D.
DARPA Robotics Challenge
The DARPA Robotics Challenge was a high-profile international competition that pushed the development of advanced humanoid robots capable of performing complex disaster-response tasks in environments designed for humans.
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E.
Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research
The Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research is a research institution specializing in the development, testing, and advancement of autonomous and unmanned vehicle technologies, particularly for defense and naval applications.
- 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: DARPA Urban Challenge Triple: [William L. "Red" Whittaker, participatedIn, DARPA Urban Challenge]
Generated description
The DARPA Urban Challenge was a 2007 autonomous vehicle competition in which self-driving cars navigated a mock urban environment to advance robotics and driverless technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DARPA Urban Challenge Target entity description: The DARPA Urban Challenge was a 2007 autonomous vehicle competition in which self-driving cars navigated a mock urban environment to advance robotics and driverless technology.
-
A.
DARPA Grand Challenge
The DARPA Grand Challenge was a series of autonomous vehicle competitions in the 2000s that catalyzed major advances in self-driving car technology and robotics research.
-
B.
Carnegie Mellon University Red Team in the DARPA Grand Challenge
The Carnegie Mellon University Red Team in the DARPA Grand Challenge was a pioneering robotics group that developed and fielded autonomous vehicles in the early landmark competitions for self-driving car technology.
-
C.
DARPA Grand Challenge winning team
The DARPA Grand Challenge winning team was the group of researchers and engineers, led by Sebastian Thrun at Stanford, whose autonomous vehicle "Stanley" successfully completed the 2005 desert race and became a landmark achievement in self-driving car development.
-
D.
DARPA Robotics Challenge
The DARPA Robotics Challenge was a high-profile international competition that pushed the development of advanced humanoid robots capable of performing complex disaster-response tasks in environments designed for humans.
-
E.
Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research
The Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research is a research institution specializing in the development, testing, and advancement of autonomous and unmanned vehicle technologies, particularly for defense and naval applications.
- 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_69ca8437a7ac81908651de48f2d2141d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd7e6059bc8190a7e98aef3caabd0b |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d122484a90819080e406a7ae5c61fe |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1231adb4481908fac11cae099d0de |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d123fcc8f48190838abd08a4af0a63 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:49 p.m.