Triple
T16642269
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Cameron McCool |
E404368
|
entity |
| Predicate | serviceNumberOrID |
P2098
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
NASA Astronaut Group 15
NASA Astronaut Group 15 was a 1994 class of NASA astronauts, informally known as "The Flying Escargot," that included both pilot and mission specialist candidates selected for Space Shuttle-era missions.
|
E1225479
|
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: NASA Astronaut Group 15 | Statement: [William Cameron McCool, serviceNumberOrID, NASA Astronaut Group 15]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NASA Astronaut Group 15 Context triple: [William Cameron McCool, serviceNumberOrID, NASA Astronaut Group 15]
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A.
NASA Astronaut Group 10
NASA Astronaut Group 10 is a cohort of NASA astronauts selected in 1984, notable for including many who later flew multiple Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions.
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B.
NASA Astronaut Group 18
NASA Astronaut Group 18 is a class of NASA astronauts selected in 2000, often nicknamed "The Bugs," which includes spacefarers such as Douglas Hurley.
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C.
NASA Astronaut Group 1
NASA Astronaut Group 1 was the original group of seven U.S. astronauts selected in 1959, known as the Mercury Seven, who pioneered America’s first human spaceflights.
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D.
NASA Astronaut Group 5
NASA Astronaut Group 5 was a 1966 class of American astronauts that provided many of the crew members for later Apollo lunar missions and early Skylab flights.
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E.
NASA Astronaut Group 7
NASA Astronaut Group 7 was a cohort of astronauts selected by NASA in 1969, notable for including both scientist-astronauts and pilots who flew on Apollo, Skylab, and early Space Shuttle missions.
- 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: NASA Astronaut Group 15 Triple: [William Cameron McCool, serviceNumberOrID, NASA Astronaut Group 15]
Generated description
NASA Astronaut Group 15 was a 1994 class of NASA astronauts, informally known as "The Flying Escargot," that included both pilot and mission specialist candidates selected for Space Shuttle-era missions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NASA Astronaut Group 15 Target entity description: NASA Astronaut Group 15 was a 1994 class of NASA astronauts, informally known as "The Flying Escargot," that included both pilot and mission specialist candidates selected for Space Shuttle-era missions.
-
A.
NASA Astronaut Group 10
NASA Astronaut Group 10 is a cohort of NASA astronauts selected in 1984, notable for including many who later flew multiple Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions.
-
B.
NASA Astronaut Group 18
NASA Astronaut Group 18 is a class of NASA astronauts selected in 2000, often nicknamed "The Bugs," which includes spacefarers such as Douglas Hurley.
-
C.
NASA Astronaut Group 1
NASA Astronaut Group 1 was the original group of seven U.S. astronauts selected in 1959, known as the Mercury Seven, who pioneered America’s first human spaceflights.
-
D.
NASA Astronaut Group 5
NASA Astronaut Group 5 was a 1966 class of American astronauts that provided many of the crew members for later Apollo lunar missions and early Skylab flights.
-
E.
NASA Astronaut Group 7
NASA Astronaut Group 7 was a cohort of astronauts selected by NASA in 1969, notable for including both scientist-astronauts and pilots who flew on Apollo, Skylab, and early Space Shuttle missions.
- 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_69d8838a41f08190b0c3f79c47df5078 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e37ad27b5481908316b4f23fb8bc32 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0084bb4cec819091d9b7b2a09248ee |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00853af11881908e0e61fb352e2e87 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0085f2fd2881908b31bd57790acb74 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:18 a.m.