Triple

T3875734
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject European Astronaut Corps E92495 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Alexander Gerst
Alexander Gerst is a German geophysicist and European Space Agency astronaut known for commanding the International Space Station and conducting extensive scientific research in orbit.
E398910 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: Alexander Gerst | Statement: [European Astronaut Corps, notableMember, Alexander Gerst]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Gerst
Context triple: [European Astronaut Corps, notableMember, Alexander Gerst]
  • A. Thomas Pesquet
    Thomas Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, airline pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut known for his long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station.
  • B. Samantha Cristoforetti
    Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, engineer, and former Italian Air Force pilot known for her long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station.
  • C. Chris Hadfield
    Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, former commander of the International Space Station, and popular science communicator known for his spaceflight videos and public outreach.
  • D. Sandra Magnus
    Sandra Magnus is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent several months aboard the International Space Station.
  • E. Frank De Winne
    Frank De Winne is a Belgian aerospace engineer and former Air Force pilot who became a European Space Agency astronaut and the first European commander of the International Space Station.
  • 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: Alexander Gerst
Triple: [European Astronaut Corps, notableMember, Alexander Gerst]
Generated description
Alexander Gerst is a German geophysicist and European Space Agency astronaut known for commanding the International Space Station and conducting extensive scientific research in orbit.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Gerst
Target entity description: Alexander Gerst is a German geophysicist and European Space Agency astronaut known for commanding the International Space Station and conducting extensive scientific research in orbit.
  • A. Thomas Pesquet
    Thomas Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, airline pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut known for his long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station.
  • B. Samantha Cristoforetti
    Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, engineer, and former Italian Air Force pilot known for her long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station.
  • C. Chris Hadfield
    Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, former commander of the International Space Station, and popular science communicator known for his spaceflight videos and public outreach.
  • D. Sandra Magnus
    Sandra Magnus is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent several months aboard the International Space Station.
  • E. Frank De Winne
    Frank De Winne is a Belgian aerospace engineer and former Air Force pilot who became a European Space Agency astronaut and the first European commander of the International Space Station.
  • 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_69aed967448c819086c4b358d37b25aa completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec706434819095e0d2b376adb548 completed March 9, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b52845684c8190b6f0676319a6fc3c completed March 14, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5290462a88190892c0bcc3a74f2fa completed March 14, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b529600884819098cb208e38e6281a completed March 14, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.