Triple
T11207609
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | STS-8 |
E265210
|
entity |
| Predicate | missionSpecialist |
P21471
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William E. Thornton |
E666027
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William E. Thornton | Statement: [STS-8, missionSpecialist, William E. Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William E. Thornton Context triple: [STS-8, missionSpecialist, William E. Thornton]
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A.
William E. Thornton
chosen
William E. Thornton was an American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut known for pioneering space medicine research and flying on two Space Shuttle missions.
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B.
William W. Norton
William W. Norton was an American publisher who co-founded the influential independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
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C.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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D.
Greely S. Curtis
Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army officer and notable cavalry leader from Massachusetts during the American Civil War.
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E.
William LeBaron
William LeBaron was an American film producer and studio executive active during the early 20th century, known for overseeing numerous Hollywood productions in the 1920s and 1930s.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aac59460819089b9848b27f57848 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e8d5f8908190903817f84c629ba1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f08f0d9d0c8190a7b84e647c7491e9 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.