Triple
T16593855
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Langley Medal |
E403156
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William H. Pickering |
E257498
|
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 H. Pickering | Statement: [Langley Medal, notableRecipient, William H. Pickering]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Pickering Context triple: [Langley Medal, notableRecipient, William H. Pickering]
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A.
William Henry Pickering
chosen
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
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B.
Charles L. Draper
Charles L. Draper was a notable figure in natural history whose contributions were significant enough that a major natural history museum was named in his honor.
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C.
James A. Van Allen
James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
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D.
Maxime A. Faget
Maxime A. Faget was a pioneering NASA engineer and spacecraft designer who played a key role in developing the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
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E.
James Henry Webb Jr.
James Henry Webb Jr. is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and former U.S. Senator from Virginia who also served as Secretary of the Navy.
- 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_69d883880d0c81908b5fcd454e767b60 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e35d70ad008190bba0901bf3c7089f |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a009d2bbe9c81909031d79f93faca6a |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.