Triple

T6079805
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-58 E135492 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object William S. McArthur Jr.
William S. McArthur Jr. is a retired U.S. Army colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served aboard the International Space Station.
 E565981 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: William S. McArthur Jr. | Statement: [STS-58, missionSpecialist, William S. McArthur Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William S. McArthur Jr.
Context triple: [STS-58, missionSpecialist, William S. McArthur Jr.]
  • A. Arthur MacArthur IV
    Arthur MacArthur IV is the only son of famed American General Douglas MacArthur, known primarily for his private life away from the public and military spotlight.
  • B. Arthur MacArthur III
    Arthur MacArthur III was a United States Navy officer and the son of General Arthur MacArthur Jr. and brother of General Douglas MacArthur.
  • C. Charles MacArthur
    Charles MacArthur was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic play "The Front Page" and several successful Hollywood films.
  • D. William M. Rice
    William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
  • E. William M. Corry Jr.
    William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
  • 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: William S. McArthur Jr.
Triple: [STS-58, missionSpecialist, William S. McArthur Jr.]
Generated description
William S. McArthur Jr. is a retired U.S. Army colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served aboard the International Space Station.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William S. McArthur Jr.
Target entity description: William S. McArthur Jr. is a retired U.S. Army colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served aboard the International Space Station.
  • A. Arthur MacArthur IV
    Arthur MacArthur IV is the only son of famed American General Douglas MacArthur, known primarily for his private life away from the public and military spotlight.
  • B. Arthur MacArthur III
    Arthur MacArthur III was a United States Navy officer and the son of General Arthur MacArthur Jr. and brother of General Douglas MacArthur.
  • C. Charles MacArthur
    Charles MacArthur was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic play "The Front Page" and several successful Hollywood films.
  • D. William M. Rice
    William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
  • E. William M. Corry Jr.
    William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
  • 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_69c0087ad31c8190ab936e0ff28614b6 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0577209b88190afe5b1365cf6436d completed March 22, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c11d4dc7ec8190baeede11ac27e229 completed March 23, 2026, 11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c11dc2becc8190991c444357755dec completed March 23, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c11ed987e08190bf7065d04d9c3a0c completed March 23, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:11 p.m.