Triple

T7603383
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-115 E180038 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Steven G. MacLean
Steven G. MacLean is a Canadian astronaut and physicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and later served as president of the Canadian Space Agency.
 E692329 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: Steven G. MacLean | Statement: [STS-115, missionSpecialist, Steven G. MacLean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven G. MacLean
Context triple: [STS-115, missionSpecialist, Steven G. MacLean]
  • A. Stuart E. McGowan
    Stuart E. McGowan was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on Western films.
  • B. Michael J. Duthie
    Michael J. Duthie is a publishing professional best known for serving as an editor of the periodical The Outpost.
  • C. Jeffrey S. Mearns
    Jeffrey S. Mearns is an American academic leader and attorney who serves as the president of Ball State University in Indiana.
  • D. Barrie M. Osborne
    Barrie M. Osborne is an American film producer best known for his work on large-scale, critically acclaimed epics such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  • E. Peter A. Tyrrell
    Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • 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: Steven G. MacLean
Triple: [STS-115, missionSpecialist, Steven G. MacLean]
Generated description
Steven G. MacLean is a Canadian astronaut and physicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and later served as president of the Canadian Space Agency.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven G. MacLean
Target entity description: Steven G. MacLean is a Canadian astronaut and physicist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and later served as president of the Canadian Space Agency.
  • A. Stuart E. McGowan
    Stuart E. McGowan was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on Western films.
  • B. Michael J. Duthie
    Michael J. Duthie is a publishing professional best known for serving as an editor of the periodical The Outpost.
  • C. Jeffrey S. Mearns
    Jeffrey S. Mearns is an American academic leader and attorney who serves as the president of Ball State University in Indiana.
  • D. Barrie M. Osborne
    Barrie M. Osborne is an American film producer best known for his work on large-scale, critically acclaimed epics such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  • E. Peter A. Tyrrell
    Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • 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_69c69f3567008190ab01d2ca7b53584a completed March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f9fa633081909660f653f5b073cd completed March 27, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ca0812dcec819080c8386061d913b3 completed March 30, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ca095a865481908e0ca0e94c5fef0f completed March 30, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ca09c9b764819096d01c2658ef65e2 completed March 30, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:54 p.m.