Triple

T5224952
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-120 E117961 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Douglas H. Wheelock
Douglas H. Wheelock is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel known for his spaceflights on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, including serving as commander of Expedition 25.
E526850 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: Douglas H. Wheelock | Statement: [STS-120, missionSpecialist, Douglas H. Wheelock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas H. Wheelock
Context triple: [STS-120, missionSpecialist, Douglas H. Wheelock]
  • A. Robert B. Stearns
    Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
  • B. Timothy L. Pflueger
    Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
  • C. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • D. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • E. Kenneth W. Hess
    Kenneth W. Hess is an aerospace and safety expert who served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that examined the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
  • 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: Douglas H. Wheelock
Triple: [STS-120, missionSpecialist, Douglas H. Wheelock]
Generated description
Douglas H. Wheelock is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel known for his spaceflights on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, including serving as commander of Expedition 25.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas H. Wheelock
Target entity description: Douglas H. Wheelock is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel known for his spaceflights on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, including serving as commander of Expedition 25.
  • A. Robert B. Stearns
    Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
  • B. Timothy L. Pflueger
    Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
  • C. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • D. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • E. Kenneth W. Hess
    Kenneth W. Hess is an aerospace and safety expert who served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that examined the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
  • 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_69bd4465e03081909bfcfd7113062590 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7adb034c819086bf8a85fbf158f4 completed March 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfcb96c56c8190908d5aacd5afc88e completed March 22, 2026, 10:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfcc0571c48190a1b9343f09b59a43 completed March 22, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfcc5076c4819088f0dd3f75022860 completed March 22, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.