Triple
T6214596
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mercury-Atlas 8 |
E138953
|
entity |
| Predicate | spacecraft |
P4019
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7
Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 was the crewed capsule flown by astronaut Wally Schirra on NASA’s Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, a 1962 Earth-orbital flight focused on engineering tests and spacecraft performance.
|
E574796
|
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: Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 | Statement: [Mercury-Atlas 8, spacecraft, Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 Context triple: [Mercury-Atlas 8, spacecraft, Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7]
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A.
Mercury spacecraft
The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s first crewed space vehicle, designed in the early 1960s to carry a single astronaut into Earth orbit and safely return them, paving the way for later Gemini and Apollo missions.
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B.
Gemini spacecraft
The Gemini spacecraft was NASA’s two-person capsule used in the mid-1960s to develop critical spaceflight techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and extended missions in preparation for the Apollo Moon landings.
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C.
Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7
Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 was the capsule that carried astronaut Alan Shepard on the first American crewed spaceflight in 1961.
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D.
Friendship 7
Friendship 7 was the Mercury spacecraft in which astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962.
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E.
Gemini 6A
Gemini 6A was a 1965 NASA crewed spaceflight that achieved the first successful rendezvous between two orbiting spacecraft during the Gemini program.
- 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: Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 Triple: [Mercury-Atlas 8, spacecraft, Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7]
Generated description
Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 was the crewed capsule flown by astronaut Wally Schirra on NASA’s Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, a 1962 Earth-orbital flight focused on engineering tests and spacecraft performance.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 Target entity description: Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 was the crewed capsule flown by astronaut Wally Schirra on NASA’s Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, a 1962 Earth-orbital flight focused on engineering tests and spacecraft performance.
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A.
Mercury spacecraft
The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s first crewed space vehicle, designed in the early 1960s to carry a single astronaut into Earth orbit and safely return them, paving the way for later Gemini and Apollo missions.
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B.
Gemini spacecraft
The Gemini spacecraft was NASA’s two-person capsule used in the mid-1960s to develop critical spaceflight techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and extended missions in preparation for the Apollo Moon landings.
-
C.
Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7
Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 was the capsule that carried astronaut Alan Shepard on the first American crewed spaceflight in 1961.
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D.
Friendship 7
Friendship 7 was the Mercury spacecraft in which astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962.
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E.
Gemini 6A
Gemini 6A was a 1965 NASA crewed spaceflight that achieved the first successful rendezvous between two orbiting spacecraft during the Gemini program.
- 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_69c008ada364819096c9e92c74d639b5 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0629fd3c08190a121097c188417c4 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c16f61ed708190a034136cc270e9d0 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c1bfb484ac8190903efdf4a18f3a1c |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1c03551008190af5e3427b4cdcd11 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.