Triple

T1583753
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-41B E34024 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless II was a NASA astronaut and naval aviator best known for making the first untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
E188630 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Bruce McCandless II | Statement: [STS-41B, missionSpecialist, Bruce McCandless II]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce McCandless II
Context triple: [STS-41B, missionSpecialist, Bruce McCandless II]
  • A. Ken Mattingly
    Ken Mattingly was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy rear admiral best known for his roles in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, including serving as command module pilot on Apollo 16.
  • B. Ronald McNair
    Ronald McNair was an American physicist and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-41-B and was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. Fred Haise
    Fred Haise is an American astronaut and test pilot best known as the lunar module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
  • D. Matt Mason
    Matt Mason is a young survivor and the son of resistance leader Tom Mason in the post-apocalyptic science fiction TV series "Falling Skies."
  • 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: Bruce McCandless II
Triple: [STS-41B, missionSpecialist, Bruce McCandless II]
Generated description
Bruce McCandless II was a NASA astronaut and naval aviator best known for making the first untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce McCandless II
Target entity description: Bruce McCandless II was a NASA astronaut and naval aviator best known for making the first untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
  • A. Ken Mattingly
    Ken Mattingly was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy rear admiral best known for his roles in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, including serving as command module pilot on Apollo 16.
  • B. Ronald McNair
    Ronald McNair was an American physicist and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-41-B and was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. Fred Haise
    Fred Haise is an American astronaut and test pilot best known as the lunar module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
  • D. Matt Mason
    Matt Mason is a young survivor and the son of resistance leader Tom Mason in the post-apocalyptic science fiction TV series "Falling Skies."
  • 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

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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908f0e72c8190bb7a2a0c77379060 completed March 5, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad680b40908190acf505992848dae9 completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad6c05c69c81908969384b352d3151 completed March 8, 2026, 12:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad6c9596508190aed71ef5b3a2092a completed March 8, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.