Triple

T590721
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial E17261 entity
Predicate dedicatedTo P500 FINISHED
Object David M. Brown
David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
 E108517 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: David M. Brown | Statement: [Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial, dedicatedTo, David M. Brown]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David M. Brown
Context triple: [Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial, dedicatedTo, David M. Brown]
  • A. Martin J. Hillenbrand
    Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • B. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • C. W. Craig Jelinek
    W. Craig Jelinek is an American business executive best known for serving as the CEO of Costco Wholesale Corporation.
  • D. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • E. David G. Bradley
    David G. Bradley is an American businessman and publisher best known as the owner and longtime chairman of Atlantic Media, the parent company of The Atlantic.
  • 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: David M. Brown
Triple: [Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial, dedicatedTo, David M. Brown]
Generated description
David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David M. Brown
Target entity description: David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
  • A. Martin J. Hillenbrand
    Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • B. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • C. W. Craig Jelinek
    W. Craig Jelinek is an American business executive best known for serving as the CEO of Costco Wholesale Corporation.
  • D. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • E. David G. Bradley
    David G. Bradley is an American businessman and publisher best known as the owner and longtime chairman of Atlantic Media, the parent company of The Atlantic.
  • 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49bb8ff0081909cd53d88930e2693 completed March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7cf473e48819095390a5904429a9c completed March 4, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7d063fe8c81909a32afaf2798297f completed March 4, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7d0c6a14c81909d98c648aef4e87b completed March 4, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.