Triple

T1523463
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Space Transportation System E32281 entity
Predicate component P35 FINISHED
Object External Tank
The External Tank was the large orange-brown fuel tank of NASA’s Space Shuttle, supplying liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to the orbiter’s main engines during launch before being jettisoned to burn up in the atmosphere.
E175045 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: External Tank | Statement: [Space Transportation System, component, External Tank]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: External Tank
Context triple: [Space Transportation System, component, External Tank]
  • A. LC-39B
    LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
  • B. S-IVB
    The S-IVB was the single-engine upper stage of NASA’s Saturn launch vehicles, used to place Apollo spacecraft into Earth orbit and send them toward the Moon.
  • C. Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage
    The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on early NASA Space Launch System missions to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection capability before the introduction of a more powerful exploration upper stage.
  • D. Space Shuttle orbiter
    The Space Shuttle orbiter was NASA’s reusable winged spacecraft that carried astronauts and cargo to and from low Earth orbit as part of the Space Shuttle program.
  • E. Exploration Upper Stage
    The Exploration Upper Stage is a powerful second stage designed to enhance NASA’s Space Launch System rocket’s capability to send heavier payloads and crewed missions deeper into space, including to the Moon and beyond.
  • 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: External Tank
Triple: [Space Transportation System, component, External Tank]
Generated description
The External Tank was the large orange-brown fuel tank of NASA’s Space Shuttle, supplying liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to the orbiter’s main engines during launch before being jettisoned to burn up in the atmosphere.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: External Tank
Target entity description: The External Tank was the large orange-brown fuel tank of NASA’s Space Shuttle, supplying liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to the orbiter’s main engines during launch before being jettisoned to burn up in the atmosphere.
  • A. LC-39B
    LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.
  • B. S-IVB
    The S-IVB was the single-engine upper stage of NASA’s Saturn launch vehicles, used to place Apollo spacecraft into Earth orbit and send them toward the Moon.
  • C. Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage
    The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on early NASA Space Launch System missions to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection capability before the introduction of a more powerful exploration upper stage.
  • D. Space Shuttle orbiter
    The Space Shuttle orbiter was NASA’s reusable winged spacecraft that carried astronauts and cargo to and from low Earth orbit as part of the Space Shuttle program.
  • E. Exploration Upper Stage
    The Exploration Upper Stage is a powerful second stage designed to enhance NASA’s Space Launch System rocket’s capability to send heavier payloads and crewed missions deeper into space, including to the Moon and beyond.
  • 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_69a885e9b0ac819093a9806ad0efc82c completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90800433c8190b23ae2860493a16e completed March 5, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad2951c1ec8190b7ac04cd820a2bfa completed March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad2d3e2b388190a73f2604d97bb4aa completed March 8, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad2df61a70819094148563f924a5c5 completed March 8, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.