Triple

T2092859
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-135 E32708 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Christopher Ferguson
Christopher Ferguson is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut best known for commanding STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.
 E232911 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: Christopher Ferguson | Statement: [STS-135, commander, Christopher Ferguson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Christopher Ferguson
Context triple: [STS-135, commander, Christopher Ferguson]
  • A. Kurt Luedtke
    Kurt Luedtke was an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for his Academy Award–winning screenplay for the film "Out of Africa."
  • B. Terry Nichols
    Terry Nichols is an American domestic terrorist best known for helping plan and carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing alongside Timothy McVeigh.
  • C. Gary Zimmerman
    Gary Zimmerman is a Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle renowned for his dominant play with the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos in the NFL.
  • D. Bernhard Goetz
    Bernhard Goetz is an American man who gained national notoriety in the 1980s as the "Subway Vigilante" after shooting four teenagers on a New York City subway train, sparking intense debate over crime, self-defense, and race.
  • E. John Holmes
    John Holmes was a famous American adult film actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, widely known for his prolific career and distinctive physical attributes.
  • 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: Christopher Ferguson
Triple: [STS-135, commander, Christopher Ferguson]
Generated description
Christopher Ferguson is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut best known for commanding STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Christopher Ferguson
Target entity description: Christopher Ferguson is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut best known for commanding STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.
  • A. Kurt Luedtke
    Kurt Luedtke was an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for his Academy Award–winning screenplay for the film "Out of Africa."
  • B. Terry Nichols
    Terry Nichols is an American domestic terrorist best known for helping plan and carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing alongside Timothy McVeigh.
  • C. Gary Zimmerman
    Gary Zimmerman is a Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle renowned for his dominant play with the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos in the NFL.
  • D. Bernhard Goetz
    Bernhard Goetz is an American man who gained national notoriety in the 1980s as the "Subway Vigilante" after shooting four teenagers on a New York City subway train, sparking intense debate over crime, self-defense, and race.
  • E. John Holmes
    John Holmes was a famous American adult film actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, widely known for his prolific career and distinctive physical attributes.
  • 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_69a885eba0708190999696a45cbec816 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abba774ca881909f83cf65ffeb24bb completed March 7, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae2748f09c81908d471b02a185ec1e completed March 9, 2026, 1:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae27e4a6f88190a6af44f2cc822f31 completed March 9, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2876710c81909451744f48337998 completed March 9, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.