Triple
T1617690
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Columbia Accident Investigation Board |
E34756
|
entity |
| Predicate | member |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kenneth W. Hess
Kenneth W. Hess is an aerospace and safety expert who served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that examined the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
|
E275234
|
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: Kenneth W. Hess | Statement: [Columbia Accident Investigation Board, member, Kenneth W. Hess]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth W. Hess Context triple: [Columbia Accident Investigation Board, member, Kenneth W. Hess]
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A.
James D. Stern
James D. Stern is an American film producer and director known for backing a range of acclaimed independent and genre films, as well as documentaries.
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B.
Philip M. Kaiser
Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
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C.
H. Craig Severance
H. Craig Severance was an American architect known for his prominent early 20th-century skyscraper designs in New York City.
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D.
Donald F. Hornig
Donald F. Hornig was an American chemist and science advisor who served as a key presidential science counselor, notably to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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E.
Kenneth N. Stevens
Kenneth N. Stevens was a pioneering acoustician and speech scientist renowned for his foundational work on the acoustic theory of speech production and perception.
- 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: Kenneth W. Hess Triple: [Columbia Accident Investigation Board, member, Kenneth W. Hess]
Generated description
Kenneth W. Hess is an aerospace and safety expert who served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that examined the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth W. Hess Target entity description: Kenneth W. Hess is an aerospace and safety expert who served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that examined the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
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A.
James D. Stern
James D. Stern is an American film producer and director known for backing a range of acclaimed independent and genre films, as well as documentaries.
-
B.
Philip M. Kaiser
Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
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C.
H. Craig Severance
H. Craig Severance was an American architect known for his prominent early 20th-century skyscraper designs in New York City.
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D.
Donald F. Hornig
Donald F. Hornig was an American chemist and science advisor who served as a key presidential science counselor, notably to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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E.
Kenneth N. Stevens
Kenneth N. Stevens was a pioneering acoustician and speech scientist renowned for his foundational work on the acoustic theory of speech production and perception.
- 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_69a885ffc5ec819091afa325d5f9611c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a909addb348190a80a97422efcaa63 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af2b42bb888190a0b16e3a59eb1175 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af50f642788190afd3663bd4d43ae4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af51ca7024819085f371a0ef85d9c2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.