Triple

T4967379
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-41-D E111559 entity
Predicate pilot P2087 FINISHED
Object Michael L. Coats
Michael L. Coats is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served as director of the Johnson Space Center.
 E505547 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: Michael L. Coats | Statement: [STS-41-D, pilot, Michael L. Coats]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael L. Coats
Context triple: [STS-41-D, pilot, Michael L. Coats]
  • A. Charles J.D. Schlissel
    Charles J.D. Schlissel is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood thrillers such as "Flightplan."
  • B. Daniel C. Drucker
    Daniel C. Drucker was a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician known for his influential contributions to plasticity theory and solid mechanics.
  • C. David M. Abshire
    David M. Abshire was an American diplomat, public servant, and foreign policy expert best known as a co-founder of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and for his roles in U.S. national security and international affairs.
  • D. Adrian D. Smith
    Adrian D. Smith is an American architect renowned for designing some of the world’s tallest and most iconic skyscrapers.
  • E. Michael T. Williamson
    Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
  • 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: Michael L. Coats
Triple: [STS-41-D, pilot, Michael L. Coats]
Generated description
Michael L. Coats is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served as director of the Johnson Space Center.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael L. Coats
Target entity description: Michael L. Coats is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served as director of the Johnson Space Center.
  • A. Charles J.D. Schlissel
    Charles J.D. Schlissel is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood thrillers such as "Flightplan."
  • B. Daniel C. Drucker
    Daniel C. Drucker was a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician known for his influential contributions to plasticity theory and solid mechanics.
  • C. David M. Abshire
    David M. Abshire was an American diplomat, public servant, and foreign policy expert best known as a co-founder of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and for his roles in U.S. national security and international affairs.
  • D. Adrian D. Smith
    Adrian D. Smith is an American architect renowned for designing some of the world’s tallest and most iconic skyscrapers.
  • E. Michael T. Williamson
    Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
  • 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd71f8f550819099235511ca271e2d completed March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bef7e68058819089e179a29ab700bc completed March 21, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef933c4008190bea3a5a7e5de17e6 completed March 21, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef9a600908190bdaff60b7a514538 completed March 21, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.