Triple
T17359719
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Malin Space Science Systems |
E422034
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Michael C. Malin |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Michael C. Malin | Statement: [Malin Space Science Systems, foundedBy, Michael C. Malin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael C. Malin Context triple: [Malin Space Science Systems, foundedBy, Michael C. Malin]
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A.
Michael C. Lovell
Michael C. Lovell is an American economist best known for his contributions to econometrics, including co-naming the Frisch–Waugh–Lovell theorem.
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B.
Bruce C. Murray
Bruce C. Murray was an American planetary scientist and former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known for his leadership in Mars and planetary exploration.
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C.
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell is a planetary scientist best known for leading NASA's Dawn mission, which explored the protoplanet Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres.
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D.
Stephen P. Maran
Stephen P. Maran is an American astronomer and science communicator known for his work with NASA and for authoring popular astronomy books such as "Astronomy for Dummies."
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E.
Curtis L. Michel
Curtis L. Michel was an American physicist and NASA astronaut selected in the 1965 scientist-astronaut group, known for his research in space physics and astrophysics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael C. Malin Target entity description: Michael C. Malin is an American planetary geologist and space scientist best known for leading the development of imaging systems for NASA Mars missions.
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A.
Michael C. Lovell
Michael C. Lovell is an American economist best known for his contributions to econometrics, including co-naming the Frisch–Waugh–Lovell theorem.
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B.
Bruce C. Murray
Bruce C. Murray was an American planetary scientist and former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known for his leadership in Mars and planetary exploration.
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C.
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell is a planetary scientist best known for leading NASA's Dawn mission, which explored the protoplanet Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres.
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D.
Stephen P. Maran
Stephen P. Maran is an American astronomer and science communicator known for his work with NASA and for authoring popular astronomy books such as "Astronomy for Dummies."
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E.
Curtis L. Michel
Curtis L. Michel was an American physicist and NASA astronaut selected in the 1965 scientist-astronaut group, known for his research in space physics and astrophysics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d889d520008190a26917a95bf1c2ea |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e43a4be7448190988593ee342348c1 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.