Triple

T17121307
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mike Melvill E415471 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Mike
Mike is the given name of Mike Melvill, the test pilot who became the first commercial astronaut by flying SpaceShipOne.
 E1059131 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: Mike | Statement: [Mike Melvill, givenName, Mike]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mike
Context triple: [Mike Melvill, givenName, Mike]
  • A. Mike
    Mike is a character in Terrence McNally’s play "The Lisbon Traviata," which explores themes of friendship, obsession, and gay relationships.
  • B. Mike
    Mike is the young boy protagonist of the 1992 family adventure film "Radio Flyer," which centers on his imaginative efforts to escape a troubled home life with his brother.
  • C. Mike
    Mike is the central con artist protagonist in David Mamet’s 1987 psychological thriller film "House of Games."
  • D. Mike
    Mike is the nickname of the fictional character Macaulay "Mike" Connor.
  • E. Mike
    Mike Gascoyne is a British motorsport engineer best known for his senior technical and design roles with several Formula One teams.
  • 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: Mike
Triple: [Mike Melvill, givenName, Mike]
Generated description
Mike is the given name of Mike Melvill, the test pilot who became the first commercial astronaut by flying SpaceShipOne.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mike
Target entity description: Mike is the given name of Mike Melvill, the test pilot who became the first commercial astronaut by flying SpaceShipOne.
  • A. Mike
    Mike is the code name for Ivy Mike, the first full-scale test of a thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb conducted by the United States in 1952.
  • B. Mike chosen
    Mike is a common masculine given name, often used as a short form of Michael.
  • C. Mike
    Mike is the commonly used nickname for Robert Michael Bellotti.
  • D. Mike
    Mike is the nickname of the fictional character Macaulay "Mike" Connor.
  • E. Mike
    Mike is the given name of Lt. Mike Stone, a fictional San Francisco homicide detective from the television series "The Streets of San Francisco."
  • F. None of above.

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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3e809ee888190a2cf69d59c0b9c20 completed April 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a013a1062fc8190b1c4e97f42cf3faa completed May 11, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a013ae388548190b09d2c81e1ab0d02 completed May 11, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a013b4df74c81908b3b99e276531e13 completed May 11, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.