Triple

T22262172
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steven R. Nagel E550254 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Steven Ray Nagel
Steven Ray Nagel was a NASA astronaut, aerospace engineer, and U.S. Air Force pilot who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
 E1527541 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: Steven Ray Nagel | Statement: [Steven R. Nagel, fullName, Steven Ray Nagel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven Ray Nagel
Context triple: [Steven R. Nagel, fullName, Steven Ray Nagel]
  • A. Ken Nelson
    Ken Nelson is a British record producer best known for his work with Coldplay, including producing their hit song "Fix You."
  • B. Ken Nelson
    Ken Nelson was an influential American record producer best known for his work with country and pop artists at Capitol Records during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Dave Nolte
    Dave Nolte is an American musician best known as a former bassist for the influential punk rock band the Descendents.
  • D. Greg Bratman
    Greg Bratman is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the Fox sitcom "Sons of Tucson."
  • E. Steve Nelson
    Steve Nelson is an American jazz vibraphonist known for his work in post-bop and modern jazz ensembles.
  • 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: Steven Ray Nagel
Triple: [Steven R. Nagel, fullName, Steven Ray Nagel]
Generated description
Steven Ray Nagel was a NASA astronaut, aerospace engineer, and U.S. Air Force pilot who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steven Ray Nagel
Target entity description: Steven Ray Nagel was a NASA astronaut, aerospace engineer, and U.S. Air Force pilot who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
  • A. Ken Nelson
    Ken Nelson is a British record producer best known for his work with Coldplay, including producing their hit song "Fix You."
  • B. Ken Nelson
    Ken Nelson was an influential American record producer best known for his work with country and pop artists at Capitol Records during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Dave Nolte
    Dave Nolte is an American musician best known as a former bassist for the influential punk rock band the Descendents.
  • D. Greg Bratman
    Greg Bratman is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the Fox sitcom "Sons of Tucson."
  • E. Steve Nelson
    Steve Nelson is an American jazz vibraphonist known for his work in post-bop and modern jazz ensembles.
  • 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_69e11e42adb8819087714772ea606709 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f141b87de0819088b7553406343068 completed April 28, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ab66a08848190ac34b6af7a116f49 completed May 18, 2026, 6:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ab7f904bc81909addafee8773eae0 completed May 18, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ab891ba1c81909c9e9a5f29d4eb54 completed May 18, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:39 p.m.