Triple
T16654398
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | STS-116 |
E404688
|
entity |
| Predicate | missionSpecialist |
P21471
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joan E. Higginbotham
Joan E. Higginbotham is an American electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and became one of the first African-American women in space.
|
E1225857
|
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: Joan E. Higginbotham | Statement: [STS-116, missionSpecialist, Joan E. Higginbotham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan E. Higginbotham Context triple: [STS-116, missionSpecialist, Joan E. Higginbotham]
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A.
Dorothy Butler Gilliam
Dorothy Butler Gilliam is a pioneering American journalist and author who became the first African American female reporter at The Washington Post and a prominent advocate for diversity in the media.
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B.
Clair Engle
Clair Engle was a mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Senator from California known for his support of civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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C.
Dr. L. A. Nixon
Dr. L. A. Nixon was an African American physician and civil rights activist best known for challenging Texas’s racially discriminatory primary election laws in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Nixon v. Condon.
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D.
Fredricka G. Ross
Fredricka G. Ross is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Alicia Keys’ hit ballad “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down.”
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E.
Lois A. Lewis
Lois A. Lewis is best known as the widow of pioneering African-American businessman and philanthropist Reginald F. Lewis.
- 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: Joan E. Higginbotham Triple: [STS-116, missionSpecialist, Joan E. Higginbotham]
Generated description
Joan E. Higginbotham is an American electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and became one of the first African-American women in space.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan E. Higginbotham Target entity description: Joan E. Higginbotham is an American electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and became one of the first African-American women in space.
-
A.
Dorothy Butler Gilliam
Dorothy Butler Gilliam is a pioneering American journalist and author who became the first African American female reporter at The Washington Post and a prominent advocate for diversity in the media.
-
B.
Clair Engle
Clair Engle was a mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Senator from California known for his support of civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
-
C.
Dr. L. A. Nixon
Dr. L. A. Nixon was an African American physician and civil rights activist best known for challenging Texas’s racially discriminatory primary election laws in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Nixon v. Condon.
-
D.
Fredricka G. Ross
Fredricka G. Ross is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Alicia Keys’ hit ballad “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down.”
-
E.
Lois A. Lewis
Lois A. Lewis is best known as the widow of pioneering African-American businessman and philanthropist Reginald F. Lewis.
- 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.