Triple
T5230158
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NASA Astronaut Group 8 |
E118089
|
entity |
| Predicate | includes |
P1393
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William E. Thornton
William E. Thornton was an American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut known for pioneering space medicine research and flying on two Space Shuttle missions.
|
E666027
|
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: William E. Thornton | Statement: [NASA Astronaut Group 8, includes, William E. Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William E. Thornton Context triple: [NASA Astronaut Group 8, includes, William E. Thornton]
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A.
William W. Norton
William W. Norton was an American publisher who co-founded the influential independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
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B.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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C.
Henry A. Walke
Henry A. Walke was a United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service during the 19th century, particularly in the American Civil War.
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D.
Charles Sumner Tainter
Charles Sumner Tainter was an American inventor and scientist best known for his pioneering work in sound and communication technologies during the late 19th century.
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E.
George A. Joslyn
George A. Joslyn was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose wealth and patronage significantly shaped Omaha’s cultural and civic landscape.
- 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: William E. Thornton Triple: [NASA Astronaut Group 8, includes, William E. Thornton]
Generated description
William E. Thornton was an American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut known for pioneering space medicine research and flying on two Space Shuttle missions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William E. Thornton Target entity description: William E. Thornton was an American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut known for pioneering space medicine research and flying on two Space Shuttle missions.
-
A.
William W. Norton
William W. Norton was an American publisher who co-founded the influential independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
-
B.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
-
C.
Henry A. Walke
Henry A. Walke was a United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service during the 19th century, particularly in the American Civil War.
-
D.
Charles Sumner Tainter
Charles Sumner Tainter was an American inventor and scientist best known for his pioneering work in sound and communication technologies during the late 19th century.
-
E.
George A. Joslyn
George A. Joslyn was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose wealth and patronage significantly shaped Omaha’s cultural and civic landscape.
- 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_69bd4466fb8c819083b806a79414d7e4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7ae006ec8190abd23f650ca5bf53 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c83414c374819085ca1e441728c6af |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:03 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c834df98908190a13df51182751a75 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c83597d0f0819091a095e8376fd644 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.