Triple

T4967380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-41-D E111559 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Richard M. Mullane
Richard M. Mullane is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force engineer and weapons systems officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s.
E506040 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 M. Mullane | Statement: [STS-41-D, missionSpecialist, Richard M. Mullane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard M. Mullane
Context triple: [STS-41-D, missionSpecialist, Richard M. Mullane]
  • A. Michael H. Moloney
    Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
  • B. Michael J. Durkan
    Michael J. Durkan is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Durkan surname, though specific widely known public details about him are limited.
  • C. Joseph B. Keenan
    Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
  • D. Brían F. O'Byrne
    Brían F. O'Byrne is an Irish actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in projects such as "Mildred Pierce," "Brooklyn," and "Little Boy Blue."
  • E. Edward P. Doherty
    Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
  • 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 M. Mullane
Triple: [STS-41-D, missionSpecialist, Richard M. Mullane]
Generated description
Richard M. Mullane is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force engineer and weapons systems officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard M. Mullane
Target entity description: Richard M. Mullane is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force engineer and weapons systems officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s.
  • A. Michael H. Moloney
    Michael H. Moloney is a physics-focused science policy and leadership professional who serves as the chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics.
  • B. Michael J. Durkan
    Michael J. Durkan is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Durkan surname, though specific widely known public details about him are limited.
  • C. Joseph B. Keenan
    Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
  • D. Brían F. O'Byrne
    Brían F. O'Byrne is an Irish actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in projects such as "Mildred Pierce," "Brooklyn," and "Little Boy Blue."
  • E. Edward P. Doherty
    Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
  • 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd71f8f550819099235511ca271e2d completed March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69befe4abf2c81908946d4ab18b7273d completed March 21, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69befed3724c8190a6552cbf61c510c5 completed March 21, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69beff31344c81908c3b62cf528df3c3 completed March 21, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.