Triple

T2238475
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Apollo 15 E49337 entity
Predicate backupCommander P26370 FINISHED
Object Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
E257070 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: Richard F. Gordon Jr. | Statement: [Apollo 15, backupCommander, Richard F. Gordon Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Context triple: [Apollo 15, backupCommander, Richard F. Gordon Jr.]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
    Jeffrey A. Hoffman is an American NASA astronaut and astrophysicist best known for his multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
  • D. 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.
  • E. F. Story Musgrave
    F. Story Musgrave is a former NASA astronaut, physician, and engineer renowned for his extensive spaceflight career and key role in repairing the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • 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: Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Triple: [Apollo 15, backupCommander, Richard F. Gordon Jr.]
Generated description
Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Target entity description: Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
    Jeffrey A. Hoffman is an American NASA astronaut and astrophysicist best known for his multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
  • D. 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.
  • E. F. Story Musgrave
    F. Story Musgrave is a former NASA astronaut, physician, and engineer renowned for his extensive spaceflight career and key role in repairing the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • 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_69a88aa84bdc819086df50e9c20b301e completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc096c7748190a545cc9b229bde62 completed March 7, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae95fb20b88190b7e959b5d718fe73 completed March 9, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae96c5a6308190b970ec78984a4e8a completed March 9, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae9728ebc081908e00e318bcd60e57 completed March 9, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.