Triple
T7771616
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | International Microgravity Laboratory 1 |
E179085
|
entity |
| Predicate | payloadSpecialist |
P21472
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ulf D. Merbold |
E478045
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Ulf D. Merbold | Statement: [International Microgravity Laboratory 1, payloadSpecialist, Ulf D. Merbold]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ulf D. Merbold Context triple: [International Microgravity Laboratory 1, payloadSpecialist, Ulf D. Merbold]
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A.
Ulf D. Merbold
chosen
Ulf D. Merbold is a German physicist and astronaut who became the first West German citizen to fly in space and flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist.
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B.
Juergen Weigert
Juergen Weigert is a software developer best known for his significant contributions to the GNU Screen terminal multiplexer project.
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C.
Rainer G. Rümmler
Rainer G. Rümmler was a German architect best known for designing numerous distinctive Berlin U-Bahn stations in the latter half of the 20th century.
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D.
Wulf-Dieter Burwitz
Wulf-Dieter Burwitz was the son of Heinrich Himmler’s daughter Gudrun, known primarily for his discreet but long-standing involvement in neo-Nazi and far-right circles in postwar Germany.
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E.
Wolfgang Ehrlich
Wolfgang Ehrlich is a notable individual who shares the Ehrlich surname, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c69f30602c819082ab52cd4af5c592 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c7045ebae88190a04c8f972795e615 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8c7ead45c8190847365d8549eefab |
completed | March 29, 2026, 6:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:11 p.m.