Triple
T2256538
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Apollo 16 |
E49739
|
entity |
| Predicate | commandModulePilot |
P26362
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas K. Mattingly II |
E75518
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Thomas K. Mattingly II | Statement: [Apollo 16, commandModulePilot, Thomas K. Mattingly II]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas K. Mattingly II Context triple: [Apollo 16, commandModulePilot, Thomas K. Mattingly II]
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A.
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Charles F. Bolden Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, retired U.S. Marine Corps major general, and former NASA Administrator who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
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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.
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C.
Ken Mattingly
chosen
Ken Mattingly was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy rear admiral best known for his roles in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, including serving as command module pilot on Apollo 16.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc1570dc88190bb2b17ed4c25dbb5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6b2229288190a7da9025dc394e67 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.