Triple

T945766
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CF-18 Hornet E20409 entity
Predicate armament P706 FINISHED
Object M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon
The M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon is a six-barreled, electrically driven Gatling-style rotary cannon widely used on modern fighter aircraft for high-rate-of-fire air-to-air and air-to-ground engagements.
E111140 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: M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon | Statement: [CF-18 Hornet, armament, M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon
Context triple: [CF-18 Hornet, armament, M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon]
  • A. GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm cannon
    The GAU-12 Equalizer is a five-barrel 25 mm Gatling-type rotary cannon used primarily by U.S. military aircraft for high-rate, close air support and ground-attack missions.
  • B. Mauser BK-27 27 mm cannon
    The Mauser BK-27 is a German-designed 27 mm revolver cannon widely used in modern fighter aircraft for high-rate, accurate air-to-air and air-to-ground fire.
  • C. 40 mm Bofors autocannon
    The 40 mm Bofors autocannon is a widely used, rapid-firing anti-aircraft and multi-purpose gun system renowned for its reliability and effectiveness since World War II.
  • D. 7.62 mm M240 machine gun
    The 7.62 mm M240 machine gun is a belt-fed, gas-operated general-purpose machine gun widely used by U.S. and NATO forces for infantry support and as a mounted weapon on vehicles and aircraft.
  • E. MG 131 machine gun
    The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
  • 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: M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon
Triple: [CF-18 Hornet, armament, M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon]
Generated description
The M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon is a six-barreled, electrically driven Gatling-style rotary cannon widely used on modern fighter aircraft for high-rate-of-fire air-to-air and air-to-ground engagements.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon
Target entity description: The M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon is a six-barreled, electrically driven Gatling-style rotary cannon widely used on modern fighter aircraft for high-rate-of-fire air-to-air and air-to-ground engagements.
  • A. GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm cannon
    The GAU-12 Equalizer is a five-barrel 25 mm Gatling-type rotary cannon used primarily by U.S. military aircraft for high-rate, close air support and ground-attack missions.
  • B. Mauser BK-27 27 mm cannon
    The Mauser BK-27 is a German-designed 27 mm revolver cannon widely used in modern fighter aircraft for high-rate, accurate air-to-air and air-to-ground fire.
  • C. 40 mm Bofors autocannon
    The 40 mm Bofors autocannon is a widely used, rapid-firing anti-aircraft and multi-purpose gun system renowned for its reliability and effectiveness since World War II.
  • D. 7.62 mm M240 machine gun
    The 7.62 mm M240 machine gun is a belt-fed, gas-operated general-purpose machine gun widely used by U.S. and NATO forces for infantry support and as a mounted weapon on vehicles and aircraft.
  • E. MG 131 machine gun
    The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
  • 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_69a493b0f2fc81908cd227480a5356a1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b3a61b648190b1b6c932e047e161 completed March 1, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a826e7d55c8190b9b871caead76733 completed March 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a845a793e08190892fe1a545095f62 completed March 4, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a8463631608190a9ada5605e9625aa completed March 4, 2026, 2:48 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.