Triple

T1583751
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-41B E34024 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Vance D. Brand
Vance D. Brand is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served as command module pilot on the historic Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
E186835 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: Vance D. Brand | Statement: [STS-41B, commander, Vance D. Brand]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vance D. Brand
Context triple: [STS-41B, commander, Vance D. Brand]
  • A. Joe Engle
    Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
  • B. James E. Webb
    James E. Webb was an American government official who served as NASA’s second administrator, overseeing key early space missions during the 1960s.
  • C. James A. Van Allen
    James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
  • D. Fred Haise
    Fred Haise is an American astronaut and test pilot best known as the lunar module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
  • E. Ken Mattingly
    Ken Mattingly was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy rear admiral best known for his roles in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, including serving as command module pilot on Apollo 16.
  • 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: Vance D. Brand
Triple: [STS-41B, commander, Vance D. Brand]
Generated description
Vance D. Brand is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served as command module pilot on the historic Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vance D. Brand
Target entity description: Vance D. Brand is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served as command module pilot on the historic Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.
  • A. Joe Engle
    Joe Engle is an American astronaut and test pilot best known for flying the X-15 rocket plane and commanding early Space Shuttle missions.
  • B. James E. Webb
    James E. Webb was an American government official who served as NASA’s second administrator, overseeing key early space missions during the 1960s.
  • C. James A. Van Allen
    James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
  • D. Fred Haise
    Fred Haise is an American astronaut and test pilot best known as the lunar module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
  • E. Ken Mattingly
    Ken Mattingly was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy rear admiral best known for his roles in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, including serving as command module pilot on Apollo 16.
  • 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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908f0e72c8190bb7a2a0c77379060 completed March 5, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad608ae5b4819080d769d6f6cbacda completed March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad6286a3348190b096983defe3fb5b completed March 8, 2026, 11:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad631b20108190a93950a3d22b6831 completed March 8, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.