Triple

T6121637
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-76 E136497 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Michael R. Clifford
Michael R. Clifford was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s and became known for continuing to fly in space after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
 E680547 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: Michael R. Clifford | Statement: [STS-76, missionSpecialist, Michael R. Clifford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael R. Clifford
Context triple: [STS-76, missionSpecialist, Michael R. Clifford]
  • A. Timothy J. Clayton
    Timothy J. Clayton is a notable individual recognized for his contributions in his professional field, likely as an author or scholar.
  • B. Michael T. Williamson
    Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
  • C. Michael R. Quinlan
    Michael R. Quinlan is an American business executive and Loyola University Chicago alumnus best known for serving as CEO and chairman of McDonald’s Corporation.
  • D. J. R. Clifford
    J. R. Clifford was a pioneering African American lawyer, civil rights activist, and newspaper editor who played a significant role in early 20th-century Black civil rights movements, including leadership in the Niagara Movement.
  • E. Michael A. Elliott
    Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
  • 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: Michael R. Clifford
Triple: [STS-76, missionSpecialist, Michael R. Clifford]
Generated description
Michael R. Clifford was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s and became known for continuing to fly in space after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael R. Clifford
Target entity description: Michael R. Clifford was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s and became known for continuing to fly in space after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
  • A. Timothy J. Clayton
    Timothy J. Clayton is a notable individual recognized for his contributions in his professional field, likely as an author or scholar.
  • B. Michael T. Williamson
    Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
  • C. Michael R. Quinlan
    Michael R. Quinlan is an American business executive and Loyola University Chicago alumnus best known for serving as CEO and chairman of McDonald’s Corporation.
  • D. J. R. Clifford
    J. R. Clifford was a pioneering African American lawyer, civil rights activist, and newspaper editor who played a significant role in early 20th-century Black civil rights movements, including leadership in the Niagara Movement.
  • E. Michael A. Elliott
    Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
  • 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_69c0089f851c81909e5e189a617dcff6 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05bf16ad48190958cc46510e02bd3 completed March 22, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8a1f26d948190b887c4ccc19548cc completed March 29, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8a295f4108190ac84575f8fe4b3dc completed March 29, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8a2fe5e4c8190b522820fcc5ece93 completed March 29, 2026, 3:56 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:14 p.m.