Triple

T5458739
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject X-20 Dyna-Soar E122542 entity
Predicate notableSelectedPilot P2087 FINISHED
Object James A. McDivitt
James A. McDivitt was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force test pilot who commanded the Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 missions during the early years of American crewed spaceflight.
 E520496 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: James A. McDivitt | Statement: [X-20 Dyna-Soar, notableSelectedPilot, James A. McDivitt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James A. McDivitt
Context triple: [X-20 Dyna-Soar, notableSelectedPilot, James A. McDivitt]
  • A. John de Borman
    John de Borman is a British cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television, including the romantic drama "Last Chance Harvey."
  • B. Deke Slayton
    Deke Slayton was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts who later became the agency’s first Chief of the Astronaut Office and eventually flew in space on the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
  • C. Glenn Stafford
    Glenn Stafford is an American video game music composer best known for his influential scores for Blizzard Entertainment titles such as StarCraft and the Warcraft series.
  • D. Scott Carpenter
    Scott Carpenter was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth.
  • E. Frank Borman
    Frank Borman is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known for commanding the historic Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
  • 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: James A. McDivitt
Triple: [X-20 Dyna-Soar, notableSelectedPilot, James A. McDivitt]
Generated description
James A. McDivitt was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force test pilot who commanded the Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 missions during the early years of American crewed spaceflight.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James A. McDivitt
Target entity description: James A. McDivitt was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force test pilot who commanded the Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 missions during the early years of American crewed spaceflight.
  • A. John de Borman
    John de Borman is a British cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television, including the romantic drama "Last Chance Harvey."
  • B. Deke Slayton
    Deke Slayton was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts who later became the agency’s first Chief of the Astronaut Office and eventually flew in space on the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
  • C. Glenn Stafford
    Glenn Stafford is an American video game music composer best known for his influential scores for Blizzard Entertainment titles such as StarCraft and the Warcraft series.
  • D. Scott Carpenter
    Scott Carpenter was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth.
  • E. Frank Borman
    Frank Borman is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known for commanding the historic Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
  • 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_69bd46424248819085282ddf50a565f3 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd964583008190bf7b94f656e4ecf2 completed March 20, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf4149c6c081909f57e214dad54777 completed March 22, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf4207393c819089b4fc6691a2d076 completed March 22, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf427e2bd08190b7664922d26e16d2 completed March 22, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.