Triple

T9500457
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-5 E229121 entity
Predicate crewMember P2094 FINISHED
Object William B. Lenoir
William B. Lenoir was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut who flew on the early Space Shuttle mission STS-5.
E803003 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: William B. Lenoir | Statement: [STS-5, crewMember, William B. Lenoir]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William B. Lenoir
Context triple: [STS-5, crewMember, William B. Lenoir]
  • A. William Lenoir
    William Lenoir was an American Revolutionary War officer and early North Carolina statesman who became a prominent political and civic leader in the post-colonial South.
  • B. Walter W. Lenoir
    Walter W. Lenoir was a prominent North Carolinian figure and benefactor whose legacy is honored through the naming of Lenoir–Rhyne University.
  • C. Samuel C. Armstrong
    Samuel C. Armstrong was an American educator and Civil War officer best known for founding Hampton Institute and shaping the educational philosophy of prominent Black leaders in the post–Civil War era.
  • D. Lafayette S. Foster
    Lafayette S. Foster was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and briefly as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Civil War era.
  • E. Benjamin F. Cheatham
    Benjamin F. Cheatham was a Confederate major general in the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Army of Tennessee.
  • 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: William B. Lenoir
Triple: [STS-5, crewMember, William B. Lenoir]
Generated description
William B. Lenoir was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut who flew on the early Space Shuttle mission STS-5.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William B. Lenoir
Target entity description: William B. Lenoir was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut who flew on the early Space Shuttle mission STS-5.
  • A. William Lenoir
    William Lenoir was an American Revolutionary War officer and early North Carolina statesman who became a prominent political and civic leader in the post-colonial South.
  • B. Walter W. Lenoir
    Walter W. Lenoir was a prominent North Carolinian figure and benefactor whose legacy is honored through the naming of Lenoir–Rhyne University.
  • C. Samuel C. Armstrong
    Samuel C. Armstrong was an American educator and Civil War officer best known for founding Hampton Institute and shaping the educational philosophy of prominent Black leaders in the post–Civil War era.
  • D. Lafayette S. Foster
    Lafayette S. Foster was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and briefly as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Civil War era.
  • E. Benjamin F. Cheatham
    Benjamin F. Cheatham was a Confederate major general in the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Army of Tennessee.
  • 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_69ca84753660819098e8d416e89e26ae completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd983c308c8190bde6858ac1ca8ea5 completed April 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d12d412a008190adc82e1e3d56d107 completed April 4, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1313e3bac819097169f2f34cb19b4 completed April 4, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d131a254b08190a071e838c3e56513 completed April 4, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:57 p.m.