Triple

T21581249
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Solar Wind Around Pluto E532528 entity
Predicate principalInvestigator P2805 FINISHED
Object David J. McComas
David J. McComas is an American space physicist known for leading major heliophysics missions and instruments that study the solar wind and its interaction with the outer solar system.
E1492160 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 J. McComas | Statement: [Solar Wind Around Pluto, principalInvestigator, David J. McComas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David J. McComas
Context triple: [Solar Wind Around Pluto, principalInvestigator, David J. McComas]
  • A. Michael C. Malin
    Michael C. Malin is an American planetary geologist and space scientist best known for leading the development of imaging systems for NASA Mars missions.
  • B. Robert J. Cenker
    Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
  • C. David Vonderhaar
    David Vonderhaar is a video game designer best known as a leading multiplayer and design director on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.
  • D. Owen B. Toon
    Owen B. Toon is an atmospheric scientist and planetary researcher known for his pioneering work on nuclear winter, climate modeling, and the effects of aerosols on planetary atmospheres.
  • E. Scott J. Bolton
    Scott J. Bolton is an American space physicist and planetary scientist best known for leading NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter.
  • 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 J. McComas
Triple: [Solar Wind Around Pluto, principalInvestigator, David J. McComas]
Generated description
David J. McComas is an American space physicist known for leading major heliophysics missions and instruments that study the solar wind and its interaction with the outer solar system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David J. McComas
Target entity description: David J. McComas is an American space physicist known for leading major heliophysics missions and instruments that study the solar wind and its interaction with the outer solar system.
  • A. Michael C. Malin
    Michael C. Malin is an American planetary geologist and space scientist best known for leading the development of imaging systems for NASA Mars missions.
  • B. Robert J. Cenker
    Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
  • C. David Vonderhaar
    David Vonderhaar is a video game designer best known as a leading multiplayer and design director on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.
  • D. Owen B. Toon
    Owen B. Toon is an atmospheric scientist and planetary researcher known for his pioneering work on nuclear winter, climate modeling, and the effects of aerosols on planetary atmospheres.
  • E. Scott J. Bolton
    Scott J. Bolton is an American space physicist and planetary scientist best known for leading NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter.
  • 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_69e0c4618bec8190bcb0feb74568cbb1 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69eeeb5c496c819093113dd5790fca48 completed April 27, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09f67a9fa48190b4e456f9cfd730ea completed May 17, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09fa927cc08190be79a4bca148c15d completed May 17, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09faf9390481908e96a5a1bcd633bb completed May 17, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:31 p.m.