Triple

T4543543
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-45 E109992 entity
Predicate pilot P2087 FINISHED
Object Brian Duffy
Brian Duffy is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on four Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s.
 E474148 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: Brian Duffy | Statement: [STS-45, pilot, Brian Duffy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian Duffy
Context triple: [STS-45, pilot, Brian Duffy]
  • A. Brian McDermott
    Brian McDermott is a former professional rugby league player and highly successful English rugby league coach, best known for his trophy-laden tenure with the Leeds Rhinos.
  • B. Stephen McDermott
    Stephen McDermott is an Irish Gaelic footballer known for playing at inter-county level for Donegal.
  • C. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • D. Patrick Cavanagh
    Patrick Cavanagh is a former professional ice hockey player and businessman who owns and operates the Norfolk Admirals minor league hockey franchise.
  • E. Stephen McCauley
    Stephen McCauley is an American novelist known for his witty, character-driven fiction exploring contemporary relationships and urban life.
  • 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: Brian Duffy
Triple: [STS-45, pilot, Brian Duffy]
Generated description
Brian Duffy is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on four Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian Duffy
Target entity description: Brian Duffy is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on four Space Shuttle missions in the 1990s.
  • A. Brian McDermott
    Brian McDermott is a former professional rugby league player and highly successful English rugby league coach, best known for his trophy-laden tenure with the Leeds Rhinos.
  • B. Stephen McDermott
    Stephen McDermott is an Irish Gaelic footballer known for playing at inter-county level for Donegal.
  • C. John Doherty
    John Doherty is known as the husband of American actress Michael Learned, famed for her role as Olivia Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
  • D. Patrick Cavanagh
    Patrick Cavanagh is a former professional ice hockey player and businessman who owns and operates the Norfolk Admirals minor league hockey franchise.
  • E. Stephen McCauley
    Stephen McCauley is an American novelist known for his witty, character-driven fiction exploring contemporary relationships and urban life.
  • 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_69bd4412524c8190be5bcc9ddee91848 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd57d517e881909c3d23ed4453b0a7 completed March 20, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5c70e6cc8190b447d3bd1f578aae completed March 21, 2026, 8:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5eb7a20881909177feb6e969af6c completed March 21, 2026, 9:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5f1646588190a8d81316fce477db completed March 21, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.