Triple

T5011891
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman E. Thagard E112641 entity
Predicate spaceMission P68 FINISHED
Object STS-51-B
STS-51-B was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission focused on Spacelab scientific research in microgravity.
 E490113 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: STS-51-B | Statement: [Norman E. Thagard, spaceMission, STS-51-B]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: STS-51-B
Context triple: [Norman E. Thagard, spaceMission, STS-51-B]
  • A. STS-51-C
    STS-51-C was a 1985 classified U.S. Department of Defense Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for being the first spaceflight of astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
  • B. STS-51-I
    STS-51-I was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission focused on deploying and repairing communications satellites in Earth orbit.
  • C. STS-51-L
    STS-51-L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members.
  • D. STS-51-G
    STS-51-G was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed multiple communications satellites and conducted scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
  • E. STS-51A
    STS-51A was a 1984 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for successfully retrieving and returning two stranded communications satellites from orbit.
  • 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: STS-51-B
Triple: [Norman E. Thagard, spaceMission, STS-51-B]
Generated description
STS-51-B was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission focused on Spacelab scientific research in microgravity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: STS-51-B
Target entity description: STS-51-B was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission focused on Spacelab scientific research in microgravity.
  • A. STS-51-C
    STS-51-C was a 1985 classified U.S. Department of Defense Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for being the first spaceflight of astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
  • B. STS-51-I
    STS-51-I was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission focused on deploying and repairing communications satellites in Earth orbit.
  • C. STS-51-L
    STS-51-L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members.
  • D. STS-51-G
    STS-51-G was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed multiple communications satellites and conducted scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
  • E. STS-51A
    STS-51A was a 1984 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for successfully retrieving and returning two stranded communications satellites from orbit.
  • 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_69bea473a1708190aaf4a021fec472c6 completed March 21, 2026, 2 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bea509ff4c8190be2ce24e84366ea8 completed March 21, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bea577f4b0819084d579e4d4804947 completed March 21, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.