Triple

T5230159
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NASA Astronaut Group 8 E118089 entity
Predicate includes P1393 FINISHED
Object James D. van Hoften
James D. van Hoften is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, notably performing spacewalks to repair satellites.
E511217 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: James D. van Hoften | Statement: [NASA Astronaut Group 8, includes, James D. van Hoften]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James D. van Hoften
Context triple: [NASA Astronaut Group 8, includes, James D. van Hoften]
  • A. H. Peter Hofstee
    H. Peter Hofstee is a computer engineer and microprocessor architect best known for his work on advanced processor designs, including contributions at Transmeta and IBM.
  • B. John Dinkeloo
    John Dinkeloo was an American architect best known for his partnership with Eero Saarinen and later leadership of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, contributing to numerous influential modernist buildings.
  • C. James Heerdegen
    James Heerdegen is an American camera technician and dolly grip best known to the public for his former marriage to actress Christina Ricci.
  • D. Jan T. Kleyna
    Jan T. Kleyna is an astronomer known for discovering outer irregular moons of Jupiter, including Taygete.
  • E. Fred J. Koenekamp
    Fred J. Koenekamp was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on major films of the 1970s and 1980s, earning an Academy Award and multiple nominations for his visually striking photography.
  • 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: James D. van Hoften
Triple: [NASA Astronaut Group 8, includes, James D. van Hoften]
Generated description
James D. van Hoften is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, notably performing spacewalks to repair satellites.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James D. van Hoften
Target entity description: James D. van Hoften is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, notably performing spacewalks to repair satellites.
  • A. H. Peter Hofstee
    H. Peter Hofstee is a computer engineer and microprocessor architect best known for his work on advanced processor designs, including contributions at Transmeta and IBM.
  • B. John Dinkeloo
    John Dinkeloo was an American architect best known for his partnership with Eero Saarinen and later leadership of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, contributing to numerous influential modernist buildings.
  • C. James Heerdegen
    James Heerdegen is an American camera technician and dolly grip best known to the public for his former marriage to actress Christina Ricci.
  • D. Jan T. Kleyna
    Jan T. Kleyna is an astronomer known for discovering outer irregular moons of Jupiter, including Taygete.
  • E. Fred J. Koenekamp
    Fred J. Koenekamp was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on major films of the 1970s and 1980s, earning an Academy Award and multiple nominations for his visually striking photography.
  • 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_69bd4466fb8c819083b806a79414d7e4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7ae006ec8190abd23f650ca5bf53 completed March 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf1873a8608190b07f1152df8e2e5d completed March 21, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf19057b10819091cbe4204cf74a81 completed March 21, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf195e7be88190a7655d18471b1662 completed March 21, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.