Triple

T7979452
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Logsdon E185529 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
"After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program" is a historical analysis by space policy scholar John Logsdon examining how the Nixon administration reshaped U.S. space priorities in the post-Apollo era.
E705186 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: After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program | Statement: [John Logsdon, notableWork, After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
Context triple: [John Logsdon, notableWork, After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program]
  • A. For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut
    "For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut" is an autobiographical book recounting astronaut Scott Carpenter’s experiences as one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven and his pioneering role in early American spaceflight.
  • B. Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle
    "Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle" is an autobiographical and historical account of the early American human spaceflight program, co-written by astronaut Deke Slayton and covering missions from Project Mercury through the Space Shuttle era.
  • C. Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space
    Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space is a scholarly publication series of the Smithsonian Institution that presents research on the history, technology, and science of aviation and spaceflight.
  • D. Mir-NASA program
    The Mir-NASA program was a collaborative spaceflight initiative in the 1990s that sent American astronauts to live and work aboard Russia’s Mir space station, paving the way for later International Space Station cooperation.
  • E. The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man
    "The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man" is an essay by political theorist Hannah Arendt that reflects on how modern space exploration and technological power transform humanity’s self-understanding and place in the universe.
  • 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: After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
Triple: [John Logsdon, notableWork, After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program]
Generated description
"After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program" is a historical analysis by space policy scholar John Logsdon examining how the Nixon administration reshaped U.S. space priorities in the post-Apollo era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
Target entity description: "After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program" is a historical analysis by space policy scholar John Logsdon examining how the Nixon administration reshaped U.S. space priorities in the post-Apollo era.
  • A. The Decision to Go to the Moon
    The Decision to Go to the Moon is a historical study examining how and why the United States chose to pursue the Apollo lunar landing program in the 1960s.
  • B. John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
    "John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon" is a historical analysis book examining U.S. space policy and President Kennedy’s role in initiating the Apollo program and the lunar landing goal.
  • C. For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut
    "For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut" is an autobiographical book recounting astronaut Scott Carpenter’s experiences as one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven and his pioneering role in early American spaceflight.
  • D. Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle
    "Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle" is an autobiographical and historical account of the early American human spaceflight program, co-written by astronaut Deke Slayton and covering missions from Project Mercury through the Space Shuttle era.
  • E. Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space
    Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space is a scholarly publication series of the Smithsonian Institution that presents research on the history, technology, and science of aviation and spaceflight.
  • 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_69ca829851908190b4e03829353ee7c3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3c261904819086910898071f3629 completed March 31, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cbe0d3c724819087df03cea2ed998f completed March 31, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc46c221848190848c7e017e532a16 completed March 31, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc480d2f40819085046a1d0c9d05e0 completed March 31, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:14 p.m.