Triple
T22201580
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Freedom 7 |
E548696
|
entity |
| Predicate | capsuleNumber |
P67129
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mercury spacecraft No. 7
Mercury spacecraft No. 7 was the NASA capsule used for the historic Freedom 7 mission that carried Alan Shepard on the first American crewed spaceflight in 1961.
|
E131451
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Mercury spacecraft No. 7 | Statement: [Freedom 7, capsuleNumber, Mercury spacecraft No. 7]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercury spacecraft No. 7 Context triple: [Freedom 7, capsuleNumber, Mercury spacecraft No. 7]
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A.
Mercury spacecraft
The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s first crewed space vehicle, designed in the early 1960s to carry a single astronaut into Earth orbit and safely return them, paving the way for later Gemini and Apollo missions.
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B.
Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7
Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 was the crewed capsule flown by astronaut Wally Schirra on NASA’s Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, a 1962 Earth-orbital flight focused on engineering tests and spacecraft performance.
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C.
Mercury-Redstone 2
Mercury-Redstone 2 was a 1961 NASA suborbital test flight of the Mercury program that carried the chimpanzee Ham to space to evaluate spacecraft systems and life-support ahead of human missions.
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D.
Mercury-Redstone 4
Mercury-Redstone 4 was NASA’s second crewed Mercury mission, which carried astronaut Gus Grissom on a suborbital flight in 1961 and is known for the premature hatch blow that led to the loss of the Liberty Bell 7 capsule.
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E.
Mercury-Redstone 1A
Mercury-Redstone 1A was an uncrewed 1960 NASA suborbital test flight in the Mercury program, conducted to validate the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle and spacecraft systems after the partial failure of the earlier Mercury-Redstone 1 mission.
- 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: Mercury spacecraft No. 7 Triple: [Freedom 7, capsuleNumber, Mercury spacecraft No. 7]
Generated description
Mercury spacecraft No. 7 was the NASA capsule used for the historic Freedom 7 mission that carried Alan Shepard on the first American crewed spaceflight in 1961.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercury spacecraft No. 7 Target entity description: Mercury spacecraft No. 7 was the NASA capsule used for the historic Freedom 7 mission that carried Alan Shepard on the first American crewed spaceflight in 1961.
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A.
Mercury spacecraft
chosen
The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s first crewed space vehicle, designed in the early 1960s to carry a single astronaut into Earth orbit and safely return them, paving the way for later Gemini and Apollo missions.
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B.
Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7
Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 was the crewed capsule flown by astronaut Wally Schirra on NASA’s Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, a 1962 Earth-orbital flight focused on engineering tests and spacecraft performance.
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C.
Mercury-Redstone 2
Mercury-Redstone 2 was a 1961 NASA suborbital test flight of the Mercury program that carried the chimpanzee Ham to space to evaluate spacecraft systems and life-support ahead of human missions.
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D.
Mercury-Redstone 4
Mercury-Redstone 4 was NASA’s second crewed Mercury mission, which carried astronaut Gus Grissom on a suborbital flight in 1961 and is known for the premature hatch blow that led to the loss of the Liberty Bell 7 capsule.
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E.
Mercury-Redstone 1A
Mercury-Redstone 1A was an uncrewed 1960 NASA suborbital test flight in the Mercury program, conducted to validate the Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle and spacecraft systems after the partial failure of the earlier Mercury-Redstone 1 mission.
- F. None of above.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: capsuleNumber Context triple: [Freedom 7, capsuleNumber, Mercury spacecraft No. 7]
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A.
numberOfCapsules
Indicates the quantity or count of capsules associated with an entity or event.
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B.
capsuleSerialNumber
chosen
Indicates that a capsule is associated with a specific identifying serial number.
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C.
capsuleType
Indicates the specific kind or category of capsule associated with an entity.
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D.
capsule
Indicates that one entity is a capsule containing, enclosing, or encapsulating another entity.
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E.
capsuleSize
Indicates the size or dimensional specification associated with a capsule in the relationship.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69e11e3ecc7c8190b5f94cd8f42e9d37 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12aeb16348190a34f96b47e01c8cf |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0abc9359c08190a2903d2b013f5464 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 7:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0abd45acd4819099e8edffde6ecfdd |
completed | May 18, 2026, 7:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0abe80fe7c8190a648efabc360b06d |
completed | May 18, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e71b48576c8190a8e93738fd9cfda5 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:36 p.m.