Triple

T1116629
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mercury program E11114 entity
Predicate astronaut P25124 FINISHED
Object Gordon Cooper
Gordon Cooper was one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts and the last American to fly a solo orbital space mission.
 E138954 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: Gordon Cooper | Statement: [Mercury program, astronaut, Gordon Cooper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gordon Cooper
Context triple: [Mercury program, astronaut, Gordon Cooper]
  • A. Wally Schirra
    Wally Schirra was a NASA astronaut and naval aviator who became the only person to fly in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs.
  • B. Scott Carpenter
    Scott Carpenter was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth.
  • C. Gus Grissom
    Gus Grissom was an early NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force test pilot who became the second American to fly in space and later commanded the first crewed Gemini mission.
  • D. Frank Borman
    Frank Borman is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known for commanding the historic Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
  • E. Alan Shepard
    Alan Shepard was a pioneering NASA astronaut and naval aviator who became the first American in space and later walked on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission.
  • 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: Gordon Cooper
Triple: [Mercury program, astronaut, Gordon Cooper]
Generated description
Gordon Cooper was one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts and the last American to fly a solo orbital space mission.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gordon Cooper
Target entity description: Gordon Cooper was one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts and the last American to fly a solo orbital space mission.
  • A. Wally Schirra
    Wally Schirra was a NASA astronaut and naval aviator who became the only person to fly in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs.
  • B. Scott Carpenter
    Scott Carpenter was one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth.
  • C. Gus Grissom
    Gus Grissom was an early NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force test pilot who became the second American to fly in space and later commanded the first crewed Gemini mission.
  • D. Frank Borman
    Frank Borman is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known for commanding the historic Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
  • E. Alan Shepard
    Alan Shepard was a pioneering NASA astronaut and naval aviator who became the first American in space and later walked on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission.
  • 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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bf0ecd448190affb5c24c3520732 completed March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8309594c8190986b048b8982f153 completed March 7, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac837e06cc8190b0da34646fa78c0c completed March 7, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac84309acc8190aac6c3c78246b352 completed March 7, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.