Triple

T1523513
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-1 E32282 entity
Predicate pilot P2087 FINISHED
Object Robert L. Crippen
Robert L. Crippen is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for serving as pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission and later commanding three additional shuttle flights.
 E208906 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: Robert L. Crippen | Statement: [STS-1, pilot, Robert L. Crippen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert L. Crippen
Context triple: [STS-1, pilot, Robert L. Crippen]
  • A. Peter B. Dervan
    Peter B. Dervan is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry, particularly the design of small molecules that recognize and bind specific DNA sequences.
  • B. Samuel J. Danishefsky
    Samuel J. Danishefsky is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to medicinal chemistry.
  • C. Roger Adams
    Roger Adams was a prominent American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to synthetic and structural organic chemistry and for his leadership in the American Chemical Society.
  • D. David W. C. MacMillan
    David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  • E. Robert Upshur Woodward
    Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
  • 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: Robert L. Crippen
Triple: [STS-1, pilot, Robert L. Crippen]
Generated description
Robert L. Crippen is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for serving as pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission and later commanding three additional shuttle flights.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert L. Crippen
Target entity description: Robert L. Crippen is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for serving as pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission and later commanding three additional shuttle flights.
  • A. Peter B. Dervan
    Peter B. Dervan is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry, particularly the design of small molecules that recognize and bind specific DNA sequences.
  • B. Samuel J. Danishefsky
    Samuel J. Danishefsky is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to medicinal chemistry.
  • C. Roger Adams
    Roger Adams was a prominent American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to synthetic and structural organic chemistry and for his leadership in the American Chemical Society.
  • D. David W. C. MacMillan
    David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  • E. Robert Upshur Woodward
    Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
  • 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_69add1a893fc8190832442b1b0937d69 completed March 8, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69add452e2c08190ab028a2a42210d7e completed March 8, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69add4a999608190beb9f24ec27d2ef8 completed March 8, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.