Triple

T2053974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-41-G E45631 entity
Predicate crewMember P2094 FINISHED
Object David C. Leestma
David C. Leestma is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held leadership roles within NASA’s astronaut office and spaceflight programs.
E269784 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: David C. Leestma | Statement: [STS-41-G, crewMember, David C. Leestma]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David C. Leestma
Context triple: [STS-41-G, crewMember, David C. Leestma]
  • A. David C. Hilmers
    David C. Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Marine Corps officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions before later becoming a physician and academic.
  • B. Robert A. Burgelman
    Robert A. Burgelman is a scholar of strategic management and corporate innovation, known for his influential research on strategy-making processes and long-time professorship at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
  • C. Karl C. Mamola
    Karl C. Mamola is a distinguished physics educator recognized for his significant contributions to physics teaching and learning.
  • D. Fred J. Koenekamp
    Fred J. Koenekamp was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on major films of the 1970s and 1980s, earning an Academy Award and multiple nominations for his visually striking photography.
  • E. Alexander J. Smits
    Alexander J. Smits is a prominent mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for his influential research on turbulent flows and high-speed aerodynamics.
  • 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: David C. Leestma
Triple: [STS-41-G, crewMember, David C. Leestma]
Generated description
David C. Leestma is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held leadership roles within NASA’s astronaut office and spaceflight programs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David C. Leestma
Target entity description: David C. Leestma is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held leadership roles within NASA’s astronaut office and spaceflight programs.
  • A. David C. Hilmers
    David C. Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Marine Corps officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions before later becoming a physician and academic.
  • B. Robert A. Burgelman
    Robert A. Burgelman is a scholar of strategic management and corporate innovation, known for his influential research on strategy-making processes and long-time professorship at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
  • C. Karl C. Mamola
    Karl C. Mamola is a distinguished physics educator recognized for his significant contributions to physics teaching and learning.
  • D. Fred J. Koenekamp
    Fred J. Koenekamp was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on major films of the 1970s and 1980s, earning an Academy Award and multiple nominations for his visually striking photography.
  • E. Alexander J. Smits
    Alexander J. Smits is a prominent mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for his influential research on turbulent flows and high-speed aerodynamics.
  • 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_69a8891a19508190a12ef1e192308dcb completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb9a8518081909ba95a8ef9321f12 completed March 7, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af1757f4ac8190a894d8a35053eea2 completed March 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af18e9d328819096130bc1631a5005 completed March 9, 2026, 7 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af19608cd48190aae972259090e0ee completed March 9, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.