Triple
T1836044
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NASA Exceptional Service Medal |
E41068
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose critical orbital mechanics calculations for NASA enabled early U.S. crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn’s historic mission.
|
E205226
|
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: Katherine Johnson | Statement: [NASA Exceptional Service Medal, notableRecipient, Katherine Johnson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katherine Johnson Context triple: [NASA Exceptional Service Medal, notableRecipient, Katherine Johnson]
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A.
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton was an American character actress best known for her iconic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Margaret Bell Ervin
Margaret Bell Ervin was the wife of U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter during his long legal and political career.
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C.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
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D.
Sally K. Ride
Sally K. Ride was an American physicist and astronaut who became the first American woman in space and later served on high-level investigative panels into NASA shuttle disasters.
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E.
Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson is an American physicist and trailblazing academic leader renowned for her pioneering research in theoretical physics and for being one of the first Black women to earn a Ph.D. from MIT.
- 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: Katherine Johnson Triple: [NASA Exceptional Service Medal, notableRecipient, Katherine Johnson]
Generated description
Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose critical orbital mechanics calculations for NASA enabled early U.S. crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn’s historic mission.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katherine Johnson Target entity description: Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose critical orbital mechanics calculations for NASA enabled early U.S. crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn’s historic mission.
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A.
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton was an American character actress best known for her iconic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
-
B.
Margaret Bell Ervin
Margaret Bell Ervin was the wife of U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter during his long legal and political career.
-
C.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
-
D.
Sally K. Ride
Sally K. Ride was an American physicist and astronaut who became the first American woman in space and later served on high-level investigative panels into NASA shuttle disasters.
-
E.
Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson is an American physicist and trailblazing academic leader renowned for her pioneering research in theoretical physics and for being one of the first Black women to earn a Ph.D. from MIT.
- 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb028226481908558c11449e1d6b6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adc9b6dc9481908a83e60aee326bc4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adcaef04e88190a88f789a6370bafb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adcb8e053c819082a3d4b36afe35be |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.