Triple
T2169260
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Apollo 17 |
E46983
|
entity |
| Predicate | backupCommander |
P26370
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John W. Young
John W. Young was a NASA astronaut, naval officer, and test pilot who flew on six space missions, walked on the Moon during Apollo 16, and later commanded the first Space Shuttle flight.
|
E254571
|
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: John W. Young | Statement: [Apollo 17, backupCommander, John W. Young]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Young Context triple: [Apollo 17, backupCommander, John W. Young]
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A.
John Young
John Young was an early American pioneer and land developer best known for founding and giving his name to the city of Youngstown, Ohio.
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B.
Deke Slayton
Deke Slayton was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts who later became the agency’s first Chief of the Astronaut Office and eventually flew in space on the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
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C.
Fred Haise
Fred Haise is an American astronaut and test pilot best known as the lunar module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
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D.
Joe Engle
Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
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E.
Vance D. Brand
Vance D. Brand is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served as command module pilot on the historic Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
- 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: John W. Young Triple: [Apollo 17, backupCommander, John W. Young]
Generated description
John W. Young was a NASA astronaut, naval officer, and test pilot who flew on six space missions, walked on the Moon during Apollo 16, and later commanded the first Space Shuttle flight.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Young Target entity description: John W. Young was a NASA astronaut, naval officer, and test pilot who flew on six space missions, walked on the Moon during Apollo 16, and later commanded the first Space Shuttle flight.
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A.
John Young
John Young was an early American pioneer and land developer best known for founding and giving his name to the city of Youngstown, Ohio.
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B.
Deke Slayton
Deke Slayton was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts who later became the agency’s first Chief of the Astronaut Office and eventually flew in space on the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
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C.
Fred Haise
Fred Haise is an American astronaut and test pilot best known as the lunar module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
-
D.
Joe Engle
Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
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E.
Vance D. Brand
Vance D. Brand is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served as command module pilot on the historic Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
- 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_69a88a184cbc8190877791f6552c2484 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbeadaed481908d6afa942d7155b8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae893ec6248190900ff61f5f3778ce |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae89bd5c388190ad13a9682a08bba8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae8a1ca8848190b265cf0a8c5b909f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.