Triple

T10790798
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John W. Young E254571 entity
Predicate spaceShuttleOrbiterFlown P80393 FINISHED
Object Columbia
Columbia was NASA’s first operational Space Shuttle orbiter, notable for pioneering reusable spacecraft missions before its loss in the 2003 reentry disaster.
E221498 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Columbia | Statement: [John W. Young, spaceShuttleOrbiterFlown, Columbia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Columbia
Context triple: [John W. Young, spaceShuttleOrbiterFlown, Columbia]
  • A. Columbia
    Columbia is a major American record label known for signing and releasing music by many influential artists across genres.
  • B. Columbia
    Columbia was the command module spacecraft of NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission, which carried astronauts to the Moon and safely returned them to Earth in 1969.
  • C. Columbia
    Columbia is a small unincorporated community located in the state of Iowa in the United States.
  • D. Columbia
    Columbia was the former name of the John F. Kennedy/University of Massachusetts Boston subway station on Boston’s MBTA Red Line.
  • E. Columbia
    Columbia is an outdoor apparel and footwear brand known for its durable, weather-resistant gear for activities like hiking, skiing, and camping.
  • 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: Columbia
Triple: [John W. Young, spaceShuttleOrbiterFlown, Columbia]
Generated description
Columbia was NASA’s first operational Space Shuttle orbiter, notable for pioneering reusable spacecraft missions before its loss in the 2003 reentry disaster.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Columbia
Target entity description: Columbia was NASA’s first operational Space Shuttle orbiter, notable for pioneering reusable spacecraft missions before its loss in the 2003 reentry disaster.
  • A. Columbia chosen
    Columbia was NASA’s first operational Space Shuttle orbiter, notable for pioneering reusable spacecraft missions and tragically being lost in the 2003 reentry disaster.
  • B. Columbia
    Columbia was the command module spacecraft of NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission, which carried astronauts to the Moon and safely returned them to Earth in 1969.
  • C. Columbia
    Columbia is a fictional sentient spaceship, also known as Nuna, featured in science fiction storytelling.
  • D. Columbia
    Columbia is a historical and poetic personification of the United States, often used as a national symbol in literature, art, and place names.
  • E. Columbia
    Columbia was the former name of the John F. Kennedy/University of Massachusetts Boston subway station on Boston’s MBTA Red Line.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: spaceShuttleOrbiterFlown
Context triple: [John W. Young, spaceShuttleOrbiterFlown, Columbia]
  • A. spaceMissionsFlown
    Indicates the number or specific instances of space missions that an entity has participated in or carried out.
  • B. spaceShuttleFlight
    Indicates a specific mission or journey undertaken by a space shuttle between launch and landing.
  • C. servedOnSpaceShuttle chosen
    Indicates that an individual participated as a crew member on a mission aboard a Space Shuttle.
  • D. performedOrbitalFlights
    Indicates that the subject has carried out one or more flights that entered and traveled in orbit around a celestial body.
  • E. hasFlownInSpace
    Indicates that the subject has traveled beyond Earth's atmosphere into outer space.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d6aa609f008190a294200aefcb7bd5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d732f5b8248190a633dc44ae620a3a completed April 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de554ed3848190bba56ab52c05902c completed April 14, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de5952f6c48190abd3b87372d54f58 completed April 14, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de5ed49c9c8190a4085407f88d7a05 completed April 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d6f316940c819092a96c429629fdef completed April 9, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:17 p.m.