Triple

T17179280
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject HiRISE E416938 entity
Predicate principalInvestigator P2805 FINISHED
Object Alfred S. McEwen
Alfred S. McEwen is a planetary geologist best known for leading the HiRISE camera team on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and for his research on Martian surface processes.
E1254637 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: Alfred S. McEwen | Statement: [HiRISE, principalInvestigator, Alfred S. McEwen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred S. McEwen
Context triple: [HiRISE, principalInvestigator, Alfred S. McEwen]
  • A. Bruce M. Jakosky
    Bruce M. Jakosky is a planetary scientist known for his leadership in Mars atmospheric research and space missions, particularly in studying the planet’s climate and habitability.
  • B. G. Scott Hubbard
    G. Scott Hubbard is an American space scientist and former NASA official known for his leadership in Mars exploration programs and contributions to space safety and policy.
  • C. Robert J. Cenker
    Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
  • D. Alan Stern
    Alan Stern is an American planetary scientist best known for leading NASA’s New Horizons mission that conducted the first flyby of Pluto.
  • E. Owen B. Toon
    Owen B. Toon is an atmospheric scientist and planetary researcher known for his pioneering work on nuclear winter, climate modeling, and the effects of aerosols on planetary atmospheres.
  • 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: Alfred S. McEwen
Triple: [HiRISE, principalInvestigator, Alfred S. McEwen]
Generated description
Alfred S. McEwen is a planetary geologist best known for leading the HiRISE camera team on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and for his research on Martian surface processes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred S. McEwen
Target entity description: Alfred S. McEwen is a planetary geologist best known for leading the HiRISE camera team on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and for his research on Martian surface processes.
  • A. Bruce M. Jakosky
    Bruce M. Jakosky is a planetary scientist known for his leadership in Mars atmospheric research and space missions, particularly in studying the planet’s climate and habitability.
  • B. G. Scott Hubbard
    G. Scott Hubbard is an American space scientist and former NASA official known for his leadership in Mars exploration programs and contributions to space safety and policy.
  • C. Robert J. Cenker
    Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
  • D. Alan Stern
    Alan Stern is an American planetary scientist best known for leading NASA’s New Horizons mission that conducted the first flyby of Pluto.
  • E. Owen B. Toon
    Owen B. Toon is an atmospheric scientist and planetary researcher known for his pioneering work on nuclear winter, climate modeling, and the effects of aerosols on planetary atmospheres.
  • 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_69d886d5f34c8190b24564dfaa63f3fb completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3fc0f9a288190b0ddfb673bd8e84b completed April 18, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a014847a19481909b1249c2fe428bfc completed May 11, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a014cf269b48190bf58eb71a9fec897 completed May 11, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a014d5d10b4819086969145c2d4fb56 completed May 11, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:37 a.m.