Triple
T1116624
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mercury program |
E11114
|
entity |
| Predicate | astronaut |
P25124
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alan Shepard |
E129023
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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, astronaut, Alan Shepard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Shepard Context triple: [Mercury program, astronaut, Alan Shepard]
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A.
Alan Shepard
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: astronaut Context triple: [Mercury program, astronaut, Alan Shepard]
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A.
carriedAstronaut
Indicates that one entity transported or bore an astronaut from one place or state to another.
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B.
missionSpecialist
Indicates that an entity serves in the role of a mission specialist in relation to a particular mission or spaceflight.
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C.
firstHumanInSpace
Indicates that the subject is the first human ever to travel into outer space.
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D.
spaceProgram
Indicates that an entity is involved in, operates, or is associated with an organized program dedicated to space exploration, research, or related activities.
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E.
spacecraft
Indicates that an entity is a vehicle or object designed to travel or operate in outer space.
- 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_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_69ac5ea8abe081908a6f38cb78638740 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4bb4562f48190831e959f5f309956 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:18 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a4bc47fce48190825d3a877251f789 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.