Triple
T1116609
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mercury program |
E11114
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstHumanInSpaceForUSA |
P11958
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard was a pioneering NASA astronaut and naval aviator who became the first American in space and later walked on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission.
|
E129023
|
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: Alan Shepard | Statement: [Mercury program, firstHumanInSpaceForUSA, Alan Shepard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Shepard Context triple: [Mercury program, firstHumanInSpaceForUSA, Alan Shepard]
-
A.
Neil A. Armstrong
Neil A. Armstrong was an American astronaut, naval aviator, and aerospace engineer best known as the first person to walk on the Moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.
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B.
John Glenn
John Glenn was a pioneering American astronaut, the first U.S. citizen to orbit Earth, and later a long-serving U.S. senator.
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C.
Frank Borman
Frank Borman is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known for commanding the historic Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
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D.
Thomas Stafford
Thomas Stafford is a retired United States Air Force general and NASA astronaut best known for commanding the Apollo 10 mission and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
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E.
Edward White
Edward White was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known as the first American to conduct a spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission.
- 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: Alan Shepard Triple: [Mercury program, firstHumanInSpaceForUSA, Alan Shepard]
Generated description
Alan Shepard was a pioneering NASA astronaut and naval aviator who became the first American in space and later walked on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Shepard Target entity description: Alan Shepard was a pioneering NASA astronaut and naval aviator who became the first American in space and later walked on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission.
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A.
Neil A. Armstrong
Neil A. Armstrong was an American astronaut, naval aviator, and aerospace engineer best known as the first person to walk on the Moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.
-
B.
John Glenn
John Glenn was a pioneering American astronaut, the first U.S. citizen to orbit Earth, and later a long-serving U.S. senator.
-
C.
Frank Borman
Frank Borman is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known for commanding the historic Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
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D.
Thomas Stafford
Thomas Stafford is a retired United States Air Force general and NASA astronaut best known for commanding the Apollo 10 mission and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
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E.
Edward White
Edward White was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known as the first American to conduct a spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstHumanInSpaceForUSA Context triple: [Mercury program, firstHumanInSpaceForUSA, Alan Shepard]
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A.
firstHumanInSpace
chosen
Indicates that the subject is the first human ever to travel into outer space.
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B.
firstHumanToOrbitEarth
Indicates that the subject is the first human who successfully completed an orbital flight around Earth.
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C.
firstCrewedMission
Indicates that the mission is the first instance in which humans were onboard or directly participated as crew.
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D.
firstMannedDescentBy
Indicates that the subject is the first entity to have carried out a manned descent to the object (such as a location or celestial body).
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E.
firstMannedDescent
Indicates that the subject entity is the first to have carried humans in a descent to the object entity (such as a location, surface, or depth).
- 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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bc4bc21881909dcfe628f59f3e8c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac53999b3c8190aff1cf84a3c16909 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac554aec048190821801070d1a4852 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac55afd8c88190b0f2bbafc33ad8b7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:43 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4bb4562f48190831e959f5f309956 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.