Triple

T1260971
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Apollo 11 E12497 entity
Predicate backupCommandModulePilot P26371 FINISHED
Object William Anders
William Anders was a U.S. Air Force major general and Apollo 8 astronaut best known for taking the iconic "Earthrise" photograph during humanity’s first crewed orbit of the Moon.
E162469 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: William Anders | Statement: [Apollo 11, backupCommandModulePilot, William Anders]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Anders
Context triple: [Apollo 11, backupCommandModulePilot, William Anders]
  • A. Michael Collins
    Michael Collins was an American astronaut and command module pilot on the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing mission.
  • B. Michael Collins
    Michael Collins was a leading Irish revolutionary and statesman who played a pivotal role in the struggle for independence and the formation of the Irish Free State.
  • C. Scott Carpenter
    Scott Carpenter was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth.
  • D. Gordon Cooper
    Gordon Cooper was one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts and the last American to fly a solo orbital space mission.
  • 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. 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: William Anders
Triple: [Apollo 11, backupCommandModulePilot, William Anders]
Generated description
William Anders was a U.S. Air Force major general and Apollo 8 astronaut best known for taking the iconic "Earthrise" photograph during humanity’s first crewed orbit of the Moon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Anders
Target entity description: William Anders was a U.S. Air Force major general and Apollo 8 astronaut best known for taking the iconic "Earthrise" photograph during humanity’s first crewed orbit of the Moon.
  • A. Michael Collins
    Michael Collins was a leading Irish revolutionary and statesman who played a pivotal role in the struggle for independence and the formation of the Irish Free State.
  • B. Michael Collins
    Michael Collins was an American astronaut and command module pilot on the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing mission.
  • C. Scott Carpenter
    Scott Carpenter was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth.
  • D. Gordon Cooper
    Gordon Cooper was one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts and the last American to fly a solo orbital space mission.
  • 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. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: backupCommandModulePilot
Context triple: [Apollo 11, backupCommandModulePilot, William Anders]
  • A. coreCommand
    Indicates that one entity serves as the primary or central command or control authority over another entity or process.
  • B. crewModule
    Indicates that an object functions as or contains a crew module, i.e., a section designed to house and support crew members.
  • C. commanderPlanned
    Indicates that a commander formulated or devised a plan for a particular action, operation, or objective.
  • D. associatedCommand
    Indicates a relationship where one entity is linked to, or meant to be used with, a particular command or set of commands.
  • E. commander
    Indicates that one entity holds authoritative military or organizational control over another entity or group.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a4933352e08190ac617291985e76c0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bfc64e648190b9c4f980eb8168aa completed March 1, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ace5581ccc81909c9c234e4b61205a completed March 8, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ace5fb515081908acadef0303b8f6e completed March 8, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ace9ba4b3481908d03636d8f72d04c completed March 8, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bb6eefbc81908dddd7d2ef368186 completed March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a4bd98b62c8190a5f6710345c0537d completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.