Triple

T4861134
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ulf Merbold E108661 entity
Predicate spaceMission P68 FINISHED
Object STS-94
STS-94 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity and materials science research as a reflight of the earlier STS-83 mission.
E478046 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: STS-94 | Statement: [Ulf Merbold, spaceMission, STS-94]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: STS-94
Context triple: [Ulf Merbold, spaceMission, STS-94]
  • A. STS-97
    STS-97 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission in 2000 that delivered and installed the first set of U.S.-built solar arrays to the International Space Station, significantly increasing the station’s power capacity.
  • B. STS-99
    STS-99 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission in 2000 that conducted the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission to create a highly detailed 3D map of most of Earth’s land surface.
  • C. STS-96
    STS-96 was a 1999 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that performed the first docking with the International Space Station after its initial assembly flights, delivering supplies and equipment.
  • D. STS-90
    STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on neuroscience research as part of NASA’s Neurolab program.
  • E. STS-93
    STS-93 was a 1999 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for deploying the Chandra X-ray Observatory, one of NASA’s Great Observatories.
  • 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: STS-94
Triple: [Ulf Merbold, spaceMission, STS-94]
Generated description
STS-94 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity and materials science research as a reflight of the earlier STS-83 mission.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: STS-94
Target entity description: STS-94 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity and materials science research as a reflight of the earlier STS-83 mission.
  • A. STS-97
    STS-97 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission in 2000 that delivered and installed the first set of U.S.-built solar arrays to the International Space Station, significantly increasing the station’s power capacity.
  • B. STS-99
    STS-99 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission in 2000 that conducted the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission to create a highly detailed 3D map of most of Earth’s land surface.
  • C. STS-96
    STS-96 was a 1999 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that performed the first docking with the International Space Station after its initial assembly flights, delivering supplies and equipment.
  • D. STS-90
    STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on neuroscience research as part of NASA’s Neurolab program.
  • E. STS-93
    STS-93 was a 1999 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for deploying the Chandra X-ray Observatory, one of NASA’s Great Observatories.
  • 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d5e247c8190b6ae4e9b529f0345 completed March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be6faf39d4819091f76ce321c7e82a completed March 21, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be70a3a64081908551518b53a0f0c4 completed March 21, 2026, 10:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be70f90d988190b3f27a1a6facb004 completed March 21, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.