Triple
T4117995
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | SpaceShipOne |
E90339
|
entity |
| Predicate | pilot |
P2087
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mike Melvill
Mike Melvill is a South African-born American test pilot best known as the first commercial astronaut, having piloted the privately funded SpaceShipOne on its historic suborbital flights.
|
E415471
|
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: Mike Melvill | Statement: [SpaceShipOne, pilot, Mike Melvill]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Melvill Context triple: [SpaceShipOne, pilot, Mike Melvill]
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A.
Dick Rutan
Dick Rutan is an American aviator and former Air Force pilot best known for co-piloting the Rutan Voyager on the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world.
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B.
Daniel Stiepleman
Daniel Stiepleman is an American screenwriter best known for writing the biographical legal drama film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "On the Basis of Sex."
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C.
Eric Brown
Eric Brown is an American actor best known for his role as Vinton "Buzz" Harper Jr. on the television sitcom "Mama’s Family."
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D.
Steve Yeager
Steve Yeager is a former Major League Baseball catcher best known for his long tenure with the Los Angeles Dodgers and his standout performance in the early 1980s.
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E.
John Bryan Bowman
John Bryan Bowman was a 19th-century American educator and civic leader best known for establishing what would become the University of Kentucky.
- 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: Mike Melvill Triple: [SpaceShipOne, pilot, Mike Melvill]
Generated description
Mike Melvill is a South African-born American test pilot best known as the first commercial astronaut, having piloted the privately funded SpaceShipOne on its historic suborbital flights.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Melvill Target entity description: Mike Melvill is a South African-born American test pilot best known as the first commercial astronaut, having piloted the privately funded SpaceShipOne on its historic suborbital flights.
-
A.
Dick Rutan
Dick Rutan is an American aviator and former Air Force pilot best known for co-piloting the Rutan Voyager on the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world.
-
B.
Daniel Stiepleman
Daniel Stiepleman is an American screenwriter best known for writing the biographical legal drama film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "On the Basis of Sex."
-
C.
Eric Brown
Eric Brown is an American actor best known for his role as Vinton "Buzz" Harper Jr. on the television sitcom "Mama’s Family."
-
D.
Steve Yeager
Steve Yeager is a former Major League Baseball catcher best known for his long tenure with the Los Angeles Dodgers and his standout performance in the early 1980s.
-
E.
John Bryan Bowman
John Bryan Bowman was a 19th-century American educator and civic leader best known for establishing what would become the University of Kentucky.
- 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_69aed95c080881908125e30c5dcdc6f8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af01f48c1c8190aacde6cdf70d7775 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b576abe02081908a1b0322758089bd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b577180e2881908e3bf4bfce7c9edd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5778dcdc08190aee087f6d54992dc |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:58 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:41 p.m.