Triple

T1617684
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Columbia Accident Investigation Board E34756 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object John Logsdon
John Logsdon is an American space policy historian and scholar known for his expertise on NASA, space exploration decision-making, and the history of the U.S. space program.
E185529 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: John Logsdon | Statement: [Columbia Accident Investigation Board, member, John Logsdon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Logsdon
Context triple: [Columbia Accident Investigation Board, member, John Logsdon]
  • A. Ken Ledeen
    Ken Ledeen is a technology entrepreneur and author best known for co-writing influential works on digital technology and its societal impact.
  • B. William K. Reilly
    William K. Reilly is an American environmental leader and former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency known for his influential role in advancing environmental policy and conservation.
  • C. Joe Engle
    Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
  • D. John M. Deutch
    John M. Deutch is an American chemist, academic, and former Director of Central Intelligence known for his leadership roles in U.S. government and his long career as a professor at MIT.
  • E. Donald B. Parkinson
    Donald B. Parkinson was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century landmarks in Los Angeles, often in collaboration with his father John Parkinson.
  • 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: John Logsdon
Triple: [Columbia Accident Investigation Board, member, John Logsdon]
Generated description
John Logsdon is an American space policy historian and scholar known for his expertise on NASA, space exploration decision-making, and the history of the U.S. space program.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Logsdon
Target entity description: John Logsdon is an American space policy historian and scholar known for his expertise on NASA, space exploration decision-making, and the history of the U.S. space program.
  • A. Ken Ledeen
    Ken Ledeen is a technology entrepreneur and author best known for co-writing influential works on digital technology and its societal impact.
  • B. William K. Reilly
    William K. Reilly is an American environmental leader and former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency known for his influential role in advancing environmental policy and conservation.
  • C. Joe Engle
    Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
  • D. John M. Deutch
    John M. Deutch is an American chemist, academic, and former Director of Central Intelligence known for his leadership roles in U.S. government and his long career as a professor at MIT.
  • E. Donald B. Parkinson
    Donald B. Parkinson was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century landmarks in Los Angeles, often in collaboration with his father John Parkinson.
  • 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_69a885ffc5ec819091afa325d5f9611c completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a909addb348190a80a97422efcaa63 completed March 5, 2026, 4:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad60903f94819095dc90d6ce959017 completed March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad6148d5ac819096ee1a3e97331ed2 completed March 8, 2026, 11:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad62028a448190a0c3f0dadae6a741 completed March 8, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.