Triple

T11427062
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-41 E270778 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Thomas Akers
Thomas Akers is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer who flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including multiple Hubble Space Telescope servicing flights.
E939841 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: Thomas Akers | Statement: [STS-41, missionSpecialist, Thomas Akers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Akers
Context triple: [STS-41, missionSpecialist, Thomas Akers]
  • A. Wallace Akers
    Wallace Akers was a British industrial chemist and administrator who played a key role in the United Kingdom’s early atomic energy and nuclear weapons research during World War II.
  • B. William Demarest
    William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
  • C. George Minafer
    George Minafer is the spoiled, arrogant heir of a wealthy Midwestern family whose downfall and gradual self-awareness drive the plot of Booth Tarkington’s novel *The Magnificent Ambersons*.
  • D. Arthur Dorman
    Arthur Dorman was a British industrialist best known as a co-founder of the major steel and engineering firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd, which played a significant role in bridge building and heavy industry.
  • E. Philip Garris
    Philip Garris is an American artist best known for his iconic fantasy- and mythology-inspired album cover artwork, particularly for the Grateful Dead.
  • 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: Thomas Akers
Triple: [STS-41, missionSpecialist, Thomas Akers]
Generated description
Thomas Akers is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer who flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including multiple Hubble Space Telescope servicing flights.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Akers
Target entity description: Thomas Akers is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer who flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including multiple Hubble Space Telescope servicing flights.
  • A. Wallace Akers
    Wallace Akers was a British industrial chemist and administrator who played a key role in the United Kingdom’s early atomic energy and nuclear weapons research during World War II.
  • B. William Demarest
    William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
  • C. George Minafer
    George Minafer is the spoiled, arrogant heir of a wealthy Midwestern family whose downfall and gradual self-awareness drive the plot of Booth Tarkington’s novel *The Magnificent Ambersons*.
  • D. Arthur Dorman
    Arthur Dorman was a British industrialist best known as a co-founder of the major steel and engineering firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd, which played a significant role in bridge building and heavy industry.
  • E. Philip Garris
    Philip Garris is an American artist best known for his iconic fantasy- and mythology-inspired album cover artwork, particularly for the Grateful Dead.
  • 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d806c000b88190bfaa646b2dc424b7 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef12a7ea2c81909ac2ce2bbe549ebb completed April 27, 2026, 7:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef354b3b3c8190b1c91dbf9c705a7d completed April 27, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ef5170ce9881908f2ecf3d5ada809a completed April 27, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.