Triple

T2151752
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-82 E47795 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Steven L. Smith
Steven L. Smith is a former NASA astronaut and engineer best known for his multiple space shuttle missions, including servicing flights to the Hubble Space Telescope.
 E238786 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: Steven L. Smith | Statement: [STS-82, missionSpecialist, Steven L. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven L. Smith
Context triple: [STS-82, missionSpecialist, Steven L. Smith]
  • A. Michael G. Smith
    Michael G. Smith is an American Episcopal bishop who has served as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany.
  • B. Austin S. Miller
    Austin S. Miller is a U.S. Army general best known for commanding NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan during the final years of the war.
  • C. Alexander D. Smith
    Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
  • D. Stephen H. Sachs
    Stephen H. Sachs is an American lawyer and politician who served as Maryland’s attorney general and was known for his work on legal reform and civil rights.
  • E. Alexander J. Smits
    Alexander J. Smits is a prominent mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for his influential research on turbulent flows and high-speed aerodynamics.
  • 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: Steven L. Smith
Triple: [STS-82, missionSpecialist, Steven L. Smith]
Generated description
Steven L. Smith is a former NASA astronaut and engineer best known for his multiple space shuttle missions, including servicing flights to the Hubble Space Telescope.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven L. Smith
Target entity description: Steven L. Smith is a former NASA astronaut and engineer best known for his multiple space shuttle missions, including servicing flights to the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • A. Michael G. Smith
    Michael G. Smith is an American Episcopal bishop who has served as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany.
  • B. Austin S. Miller
    Austin S. Miller is a U.S. Army general best known for commanding NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan during the final years of the war.
  • C. Alexander D. Smith
    Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
  • D. Stephen H. Sachs
    Stephen H. Sachs is an American lawyer and politician who served as Maryland’s attorney general and was known for his work on legal reform and civil rights.
  • E. Alexander J. Smits
    Alexander J. Smits is a prominent mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for his influential research on turbulent flows and high-speed aerodynamics.
  • 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_69a88a1d1fd8819088b34990d69a712f completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe48ad148190a7d6cc88fd38a660 completed March 7, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae58dedd3c8190a876819616903392 completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae59cf88688190a1d963855a643cde completed March 9, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5a3079b08190ba25a44d4041f687 completed March 9, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.