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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.