Triple

T9987836
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject October Sky E196813 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Homer Hickam
Homer Hickam is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and former NASA engineer best known for his memoir "Rocket Boys," which inspired the film "October Sky."
E833080 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: Homer Hickam | Statement: [October Sky, basedOnAuthor, Homer Hickam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homer Hickam
Context triple: [October Sky, basedOnAuthor, Homer Hickam]
  • A. Ray Hubbard
    Ray Hubbard was a prominent local figure in Texas, likely a civic leader or public official, for whom Lake Ray Hubbard near Dallas was named.
  • B. Timothy Ferris
    Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.
  • C. David Allan Hubbard
    David Allan Hubbard was an American Old Testament scholar and longtime president of Fuller Theological Seminary, known for his influential leadership in evangelical theological education.
  • D. John Garvin Weir
    John Garvin Weir is an American figure skater and television commentator known for his artistic performances and flamboyant style on and off the ice.
  • E. John L. Russell
    John L. Russell was an American cinematographer best known for his atmospheric black-and-white photography on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller "Psycho."
  • 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: Homer Hickam
Triple: [October Sky, basedOnAuthor, Homer Hickam]
Generated description
Homer Hickam is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and former NASA engineer best known for his memoir "Rocket Boys," which inspired the film "October Sky."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homer Hickam
Target entity description: Homer Hickam is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and former NASA engineer best known for his memoir "Rocket Boys," which inspired the film "October Sky."
  • A. Ray Hubbard
    Ray Hubbard was a prominent local figure in Texas, likely a civic leader or public official, for whom Lake Ray Hubbard near Dallas was named.
  • B. Timothy Ferris
    Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.
  • C. David Allan Hubbard
    David Allan Hubbard was an American Old Testament scholar and longtime president of Fuller Theological Seminary, known for his influential leadership in evangelical theological education.
  • D. John Garvin Weir
    John Garvin Weir is an American figure skater and television commentator known for his artistic performances and flamboyant style on and off the ice.
  • E. John L. Russell
    John L. Russell was an American cinematographer best known for his atmospheric black-and-white photography on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller "Psycho."
  • 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_69ca82f1678c819093d06320a05f16a4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdc79e10408190bcb4e55b6a0df79c completed April 2, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d25810584c81908382cf6edd700530 completed April 5, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d258b875cc8190ae8b122f35aa5566 completed April 5, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2592b1f9c8190a9db928b9527e27b completed April 5, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:50 p.m.