Triple

T3875783
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mars Science Laboratory E92496 entity
Predicate usesEntryDescentLandingTechnique P14975 FINISHED
Object sky crane maneuver
The sky crane maneuver is a powered descent and landing technique that lowers a rover on cables from a hovering spacecraft to gently place it on the surface of Mars.
E394686 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: sky crane maneuver | Statement: [Mars Science Laboratory, usesEntryDescentLandingTechnique, sky crane maneuver]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sky crane maneuver
Context triple: [Mars Science Laboratory, usesEntryDescentLandingTechnique, sky crane maneuver]
  • A. Ingenuity helicopter
    The Ingenuity helicopter is a small experimental rotorcraft that became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet, operating on Mars as a technology demonstrator for future aerial exploration.
  • B. ChemCam
    ChemCam is a laser-based remote sensing instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used to analyze the chemical composition of Martian rocks and soil.
  • C. Perseverance rover
    Perseverance rover is NASA's Mars rover designed to search for signs of ancient life, collect rock and soil samples, and test new technologies for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
  • D. InSight Mars lander
    The InSight Mars lander was a NASA robotic mission designed to study the interior structure and seismic activity of Mars to better understand the formation and evolution of rocky planets.
  • E. intermediate waypoint on Curiosity ascent of Mount Sharp
    Rubin Ridge is a geologic feature on Mars explored by NASA’s Curiosity rover as it climbed Mount Sharp, notable for its distinctive rock layers and hematite-rich composition.
  • 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: sky crane maneuver
Triple: [Mars Science Laboratory, usesEntryDescentLandingTechnique, sky crane maneuver]
Generated description
The sky crane maneuver is a powered descent and landing technique that lowers a rover on cables from a hovering spacecraft to gently place it on the surface of Mars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sky crane maneuver
Target entity description: The sky crane maneuver is a powered descent and landing technique that lowers a rover on cables from a hovering spacecraft to gently place it on the surface of Mars.
  • A. Ingenuity helicopter
    The Ingenuity helicopter is a small experimental rotorcraft that became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet, operating on Mars as a technology demonstrator for future aerial exploration.
  • B. ChemCam
    ChemCam is a laser-based remote sensing instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used to analyze the chemical composition of Martian rocks and soil.
  • C. Perseverance rover
    Perseverance rover is NASA's Mars rover designed to search for signs of ancient life, collect rock and soil samples, and test new technologies for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
  • D. InSight Mars lander
    The InSight Mars lander was a NASA robotic mission designed to study the interior structure and seismic activity of Mars to better understand the formation and evolution of rocky planets.
  • E. intermediate waypoint on Curiosity ascent of Mount Sharp
    Rubin Ridge is a geologic feature on Mars explored by NASA’s Curiosity rover as it climbed Mount Sharp, notable for its distinctive rock layers and hematite-rich composition.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usesEntryDescentLandingTechnique
Context triple: [Mars Science Laboratory, usesEntryDescentLandingTechnique, sky crane maneuver]
  • A. plannedLandingMethod
    Indicates that an entity has designated a specific method or procedure to be used for its landing.
  • B. landingMethod chosen
    Indicates the manner or technique by which something or someone arrives and comes to rest at a destination, typically from the air or space.
  • C. lunarModuleDescentStageUse
    Indicates that a lunar module’s descent stage is used or employed for a particular purpose, operation, or mission activity.
  • D. typeOfLanding
    Indicates the specific kind or category of landing that occurs in a given event or situation.
  • E. firstMannedDescent
    Indicates that the subject entity is the first to have carried humans in a descent to the object entity (such as a location, surface, or depth).
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69aed967448c819086c4b358d37b25aa completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aef1515c688190a38332aedeed8a76 completed March 9, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5124f095881909143b624128ff569 completed March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b512f4041081908eb32ae059681afa completed March 14, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5137200a08190bd2a78398e03803e completed March 14, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aee7574c408190893e70bf80514838 completed March 9, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.