Triple
T9987837
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | October Sky |
E196813
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Homer Hickam Jr. |
E833080
|
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: Homer Hickam Jr. | Statement: [October Sky, mainCharacter, Homer Hickam Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homer Hickam Jr. Context triple: [October Sky, mainCharacter, Homer Hickam Jr.]
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A.
Homer Hickam
chosen
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."
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Michael Fagan
Michael Fagan is a British man best known for breaking into Buckingham Palace and entering Queen Elizabeth II’s bedroom in 1982, one of the most notorious royal security breaches in modern history.
- 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_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_69d26a21b2388190b16f0aa142846599 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:50 p.m.