Triple

T5224955
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-120 E117961 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Daniel M. Tani
Daniel M. Tani is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent extended time aboard the International Space Station.
 E505762 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: Daniel M. Tani | Statement: [STS-120, missionSpecialist, Daniel M. Tani]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Daniel M. Tani
Context triple: [STS-120, missionSpecialist, Daniel M. Tani]
  • A. Matt Mason
    Matt Mason is a young survivor and the son of resistance leader Tom Mason in the post-apocalyptic science fiction TV series "Falling Skies."
  • B. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
    Jeffrey A. Hoffman is an American NASA astronaut and astrophysicist best known for his multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
  • C. Michael J. Massimino
    Michael J. Massimino is a former NASA astronaut and engineer best known for his space shuttle missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope and for later appearing as himself on the TV show "The Big Bang Theory."
  • D. Hank Worden
    Hank Worden was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in Western films, particularly in collaborations with director John Ford and star John Wayne.
  • E. Charles M. Duke Jr.
    Charles M. Duke Jr. is an American astronaut, U.S. Air Force officer, and test pilot best known for walking on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission.
  • 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: Daniel M. Tani
Triple: [STS-120, missionSpecialist, Daniel M. Tani]
Generated description
Daniel M. Tani is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent extended time aboard the International Space Station.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Daniel M. Tani
Target entity description: Daniel M. Tani is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent extended time aboard the International Space Station.
  • A. Matt Mason
    Matt Mason is a young survivor and the son of resistance leader Tom Mason in the post-apocalyptic science fiction TV series "Falling Skies."
  • B. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
    Jeffrey A. Hoffman is an American NASA astronaut and astrophysicist best known for his multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
  • C. Michael J. Massimino
    Michael J. Massimino is a former NASA astronaut and engineer best known for his space shuttle missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope and for later appearing as himself on the TV show "The Big Bang Theory."
  • D. Hank Worden
    Hank Worden was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in Western films, particularly in collaborations with director John Ford and star John Wayne.
  • E. Charles M. Duke Jr.
    Charles M. Duke Jr. is an American astronaut, U.S. Air Force officer, and test pilot best known for walking on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission.
  • 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_69bef809189c8190b61bd386480c0222 completed March 21, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69befbe661208190af7c9490a386a9e5 completed March 21, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69befc4605008190882c00cac6362a8d completed March 21, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.