Triple

T7272801
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Breakthrough Initiatives E161145 entity
Predicate keyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object Pete Worden
Pete Worden is an American astrophysicist, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, and former director of NASA’s Ames Research Center who now leads major private space and SETI-related ventures.
E653622 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: Pete Worden | Statement: [Breakthrough Initiatives, keyPerson, Pete Worden]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pete Worden
Context triple: [Breakthrough Initiatives, keyPerson, Pete Worden]
  • A. 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."
  • B. 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."
  • C. 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.
  • D. Luca Parmitano
    Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut and test pilot with the European Space Agency who has flown multiple missions to the International Space Station and served as its commander.
  • E. James F. Bell III
    James F. Bell III is a planetary scientist and astronomer known for leading camera and imaging investigations on NASA Mars missions, including serving as principal investigator for the Mastcam-Z instrument on the Perseverance rover.
  • 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: Pete Worden
Triple: [Breakthrough Initiatives, keyPerson, Pete Worden]
Generated description
Pete Worden is an American astrophysicist, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, and former director of NASA’s Ames Research Center who now leads major private space and SETI-related ventures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pete Worden
Target entity description: Pete Worden is an American astrophysicist, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, and former director of NASA’s Ames Research Center who now leads major private space and SETI-related ventures.
  • A. 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."
  • B. 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."
  • C. 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.
  • D. Luca Parmitano
    Luca Parmitano is an Italian astronaut and test pilot with the European Space Agency who has flown multiple missions to the International Space Station and served as its commander.
  • E. James F. Bell III
    James F. Bell III is a planetary scientist and astronomer known for leading camera and imaging investigations on NASA Mars missions, including serving as principal investigator for the Mastcam-Z instrument on the Perseverance rover.
  • 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_69c6885181008190b419040e22939c7c completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eb0c68d0819081b2aebba19bf3e8 completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7db2936dc8190aed38888bb5e47b8 completed March 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7df512bac81909e7c413302afd4ea completed March 28, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7dfcdc3908190a7e5bf653b87ed00 completed March 28, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:58 p.m.