Triple

T16654397
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-116 E404688 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Nicholas J. M. Patrick
Nicholas J. M. Patrick is a British-American aerospace engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on two Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station.
E1228968 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: Nicholas J. M. Patrick | Statement: [STS-116, missionSpecialist, Nicholas J. M. Patrick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas J. M. Patrick
Context triple: [STS-116, missionSpecialist, Nicholas J. M. Patrick]
  • A. Nicholas Campbell
    Nicholas Campbell is a Canadian actor best known for his work in film and television, including his lead role in the crime drama series "Da Vinci's Inquest."
  • B. Andrew D. Martin
    Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
  • C. Nicholas Stokes
    Nicholas Stokes is a fictional crime scene investigator from the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," known for his dedication, empathy, and hands-on forensic work.
  • D. Peter A. Tyrrell
    Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • E. Gareth H. McKinley
    Gareth H. McKinley is a prominent mechanical engineer and rheologist known for his influential research on complex fluids and non-Newtonian flow behavior.
  • 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: Nicholas J. M. Patrick
Triple: [STS-116, missionSpecialist, Nicholas J. M. Patrick]
Generated description
Nicholas J. M. Patrick is a British-American aerospace engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on two Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas J. M. Patrick
Target entity description: Nicholas J. M. Patrick is a British-American aerospace engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on two Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station.
  • A. Nicholas Campbell
    Nicholas Campbell is a Canadian actor best known for his work in film and television, including his lead role in the crime drama series "Da Vinci's Inquest."
  • B. Andrew D. Martin
    Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
  • C. Nicholas Stokes
    Nicholas Stokes is a fictional crime scene investigator from the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," known for his dedication, empathy, and hands-on forensic work.
  • D. Peter A. Tyrrell
    Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • E. Gareth H. McKinley
    Gareth H. McKinley is a prominent mechanical engineer and rheologist known for his influential research on complex fluids and non-Newtonian flow behavior.
  • 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_69d8838b5fbc81908c6575c132b82e80 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37bf92de48190aaae3e93039b17f3 completed April 18, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00918e61ac8190a01baf353a6a745c completed May 10, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00928ccdb48190a679e0c7ed41904d completed May 10, 2026, 2:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a009327cdec819090636ed180ae1de0 completed May 10, 2026, 2:16 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:18 a.m.