Triple

T5011871
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman E. Thagard E112641 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Thagard
Thagard is the surname of Norman E. Thagard, an American physician, former NASA astronaut, and the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
 E486374 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: Thagard | Statement: [Norman E. Thagard, familyName, Thagard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thagard
Context triple: [Norman E. Thagard, familyName, Thagard]
  • A. Kaven
    Kaven is one of the islands that make up Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a Pacific island nation.
  • B. Gardner
    Gardner is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as literature, science, and the arts.
  • C. Nagel
    Nagel is a surname most prominently associated with Thomas Nagel, an influential American philosopher known for his work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.
  • D. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • E. Trost
    Trost is a surname most notably associated with Barry M. Trost, an influential American chemist known for his work in organic synthesis and the concept of atom economy.
  • 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: Thagard
Triple: [Norman E. Thagard, familyName, Thagard]
Generated description
Thagard is the surname of Norman E. Thagard, an American physician, former NASA astronaut, and the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thagard
Target entity description: Thagard is the surname of Norman E. Thagard, an American physician, former NASA astronaut, and the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
  • A. Kaven
    Kaven is one of the islands that make up Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a Pacific island nation.
  • B. Gardner
    Gardner is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as literature, science, and the arts.
  • C. Nagel
    Nagel is a surname most prominently associated with Thomas Nagel, an influential American philosopher known for his work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.
  • D. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • E. Trost
    Trost is a surname most notably associated with Barry M. Trost, an influential American chemist known for his work in organic synthesis and the concept of atom economy.
  • 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_69bd4434acb8819086679dbeccc2fe54 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd730d70ac8190a1818d628e95ab04 completed March 20, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be926e5ef481909df3a4b9d793300a completed March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be93efbf548190b2967a41162f2e4e completed March 21, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be945978a48190821103cdd306075d completed March 21, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.