Triple
T16654395
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | STS-116 |
E404688
|
entity |
| Predicate | pilot |
P2087
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William A. Oefelein
William A. Oefelein is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy pilot best known for serving as the pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-116 mission.
|
E1225856
|
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: William A. Oefelein | Statement: [STS-116, pilot, William A. Oefelein]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Oefelein Context triple: [STS-116, pilot, William A. Oefelein]
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A.
Donald Wilson Hurlburt
Donald Wilson Hurlburt was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer whose legacy in military aviation is commemorated by the naming of Hurlburt Field in his honor.
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B.
Todd Brashear
Todd Brashear is an American musician best known as the bassist for the influential post-rock band Slint.
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C.
Douglas Howser
Douglas "Doogie" Howser is a teenage prodigy who works as a licensed physician while navigating the challenges of adolescence in the TV series "Doogie Howser, M.D."
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D.
Kermit Brashear
Kermit Brashear is an American attorney and former Nebraska state senator who served as Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature.
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E.
Randolph Mantooth
Randolph Mantooth is an American actor best known for his role as paramedic John Gage on the 1970s television series "Emergency!"
- 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 A. Oefelein Triple: [STS-116, pilot, William A. Oefelein]
Generated description
William A. Oefelein is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy pilot best known for serving as the pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-116 mission.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Oefelein Target entity description: William A. Oefelein is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy pilot best known for serving as the pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-116 mission.
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A.
Donald Wilson Hurlburt
Donald Wilson Hurlburt was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer whose legacy in military aviation is commemorated by the naming of Hurlburt Field in his honor.
-
B.
Todd Brashear
Todd Brashear is an American musician best known as the bassist for the influential post-rock band Slint.
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C.
Douglas Howser
Douglas "Doogie" Howser is a teenage prodigy who works as a licensed physician while navigating the challenges of adolescence in the TV series "Doogie Howser, M.D."
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D.
Kermit Brashear
Kermit Brashear is an American attorney and former Nebraska state senator who served as Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature.
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E.
Randolph Mantooth
Randolph Mantooth is an American actor best known for his role as paramedic John Gage on the 1970s television series "Emergency!"
- 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_69d8838b5fbc81908c6575c132b82e80 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e37bf92de48190aaae3e93039b17f3 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0084c6bf8c81909b376875ae038e3f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a008558218c8190b0e72356ae52afd2 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:17 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a008624706881909e9a265a37eeb3fc |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:18 a.m.