Triple
T22201801
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mercury 7 |
E548701
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstAmericanInSpace |
P146825
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FINISHED |
| Object | Alan Shepard |
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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: Alan Shepard | Statement: [Mercury 7, firstAmericanInSpace, Alan Shepard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Shepard Context triple: [Mercury 7, firstAmericanInSpace, Alan Shepard]
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A.
Alan Shepard
chosen
Alan Shepard was a pioneering NASA astronaut and naval aviator who became the first American in space and later walked on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission.
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B.
Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth.
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C.
Neil A. Armstrong
Neil A. Armstrong was an American astronaut, naval aviator, and aerospace engineer best known as the first person to walk on the Moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.
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D.
John Glenn
John Glenn was a pioneering American astronaut, the first U.S. citizen to orbit Earth, and later a long-serving U.S. senator.
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E.
Gordon Cooper
Gordon Cooper was one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts and the last American to fly a solo orbital space mission.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstAmericanInSpace Context triple: [Mercury 7, firstAmericanInSpace, Alan Shepard]
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A.
firstHumanInSpace
Indicates that the subject is the first human ever to travel into outer space.
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B.
firstSpaceflightOf
Indicates that the object is the first spaceflight mission associated with the subject (such as a person, vehicle, or program).
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C.
launchedFirstHumanInSpace
Indicates having carried out the mission that sent the first human into outer space.
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D.
firstSpaceflight
Indicates that the subject entity performed, experienced, or was responsible for its earliest occurrence of traveling into outer space.
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E.
firstHumanToOrbitEarth
Indicates that the subject is the first human who successfully completed an orbital flight around Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (4 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_69e11e3ecc7c8190b5f94cd8f42e9d37 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12aeb16348190a34f96b47e01c8cf |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e71b48576c8190a8e93738fd9cfda5 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69e7222e74248190a2d3671049f117f2 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:36 p.m.