Triple
T310172
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Space Shuttle Challenger disaster |
E6388
|
entity |
| Predicate | crewMember |
P2094
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Francis R. Scobee
Francis R. Scobee was a United States Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut who served as the commander of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s final mission, STS-51-L.
|
E40504
|
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: Francis R. Scobee | Statement: [Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, crewMember, Francis R. Scobee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis R. Scobee Context triple: [Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, crewMember, Francis R. Scobee]
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A.
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin is an American astronaut and engineer who served as the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11 and became one of the first two humans to walk on the Moon.
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B.
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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C.
Don Walsh
Don Walsh is an American oceanographer and former U.S. Navy officer best known for co-piloting the bathyscaphe Trieste on the first crewed descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960.
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D.
Joseph Vilsmaier
Joseph Vilsmaier was a German film director and cinematographer known for his historical and war dramas, including the World War II film "Stalingrad."
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E.
Morton Thiokol
Morton Thiokol was an American aerospace and defense contractor best known for manufacturing the solid rocket boosters involved in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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: Francis R. Scobee Triple: [Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, crewMember, Francis R. Scobee]
Generated description
Francis R. Scobee was a United States Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut who served as the commander of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s final mission, STS-51-L.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis R. Scobee Target entity description: Francis R. Scobee was a United States Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut who served as the commander of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s final mission, STS-51-L.
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A.
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin is an American astronaut and engineer who served as the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11 and became one of the first two humans to walk on the Moon.
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B.
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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C.
Don Walsh
Don Walsh is an American oceanographer and former U.S. Navy officer best known for co-piloting the bathyscaphe Trieste on the first crewed descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960.
-
D.
Joseph Vilsmaier
Joseph Vilsmaier was a German film director and cinematographer known for his historical and war dramas, including the World War II film "Stalingrad."
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E.
Morton Thiokol
Morton Thiokol was an American aerospace and defense contractor best known for manufacturing the solid rocket boosters involved in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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_69a2e79230508190b912ecb555aae17e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ea4778cc8190be7b648a82542891 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3c417a34c81909b724ecabf38ccb3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3c4a50d0c819086ab22f9a46b953a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3c530f6a48190aeb056a38e417313 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:48 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.