Triple
T912685
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | STS-42 |
E19696
|
entity |
| Predicate | payloadSpecialist |
P21472
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ulf Merbold |
E108661
|
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 Merbold | Statement: [STS-42, payloadSpecialist, Ulf Merbold]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ulf Merbold Context triple: [STS-42, payloadSpecialist, Ulf Merbold]
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A.
Ulf Merbold
chosen
Ulf Merbold is a German physicist and astronaut who became the first West German citizen to fly in space and flew on multiple Space Shuttle and Spacelab missions.
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B.
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II who served as one of the senior military officers signing Germany’s unconditional surrender in 1945.
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C.
Joseph Vilsmaier
Joseph Vilsmaier was a German film director and cinematographer known for his historical and war dramas, including the World War II film "Stalingrad."
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D.
Gerd Arntz
Gerd Arntz was a German graphic designer and artist best known for creating the iconic pictograms and visual symbols used in the Isotype system of information design.
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E.
Detlev W. Bronk
Detlev W. Bronk was an influential American scientist and educator known as a pioneer of biophysics and a prominent leader in national science policy.
- 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_69a4939f91a08190ba68c2c81eab90fe |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b74b789c8190b174f9b17dc46f9e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7ee054c808190888594a6421c4b60 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.