Triple

T7574499
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Westar 6 E179326 entity
Predicate associatedAstronaut P25124 FINISHED
Object David M. Walker
David M. Walker was a United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
 E673863 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: David M. Walker | Statement: [Westar 6, associatedAstronaut, David M. Walker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David M. Walker
Context triple: [Westar 6, associatedAstronaut, David M. Walker]
  • A. David T. Walker
    David T. Walker is an American soul and jazz guitarist known for his smooth, expressive playing and extensive session work with major artists since the 1960s.
  • B. Arthur C. Walker Jr.
    Arthur C. Walker Jr. was an American physicist and solar scientist known for his pioneering work in X-ray and ultraviolet imaging of the sun and for serving on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. William R. Wilkerson
    William R. Wilkerson was an American entrepreneur and publisher best known for founding The Hollywood Reporter and initiating the development of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
  • D. Charles M. Allen
    Charles M. Allen was a United States federal judge who served on the bench in Kentucky prior to the tenure of Judge John G. Heyburn II.
  • E. Dennis C. Brown
    Dennis C. Brown is a television and film composer best known for scoring the long-running animated series "South Park."
  • 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: David M. Walker
Triple: [Westar 6, associatedAstronaut, David M. Walker]
Generated description
David M. Walker was a United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David M. Walker
Target entity description: David M. Walker was a United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  • A. David T. Walker
    David T. Walker is an American soul and jazz guitarist known for his smooth, expressive playing and extensive session work with major artists since the 1960s.
  • B. Arthur C. Walker Jr.
    Arthur C. Walker Jr. was an American physicist and solar scientist known for his pioneering work in X-ray and ultraviolet imaging of the sun and for serving on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. William R. Wilkerson
    William R. Wilkerson was an American entrepreneur and publisher best known for founding The Hollywood Reporter and initiating the development of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
  • D. Charles M. Allen
    Charles M. Allen was a United States federal judge who served on the bench in Kentucky prior to the tenure of Judge John G. Heyburn II.
  • E. Dennis C. Brown
    Dennis C. Brown is a television and film composer best known for scoring the long-running animated series "South Park."
  • 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_69c69f316e50819081a271c85c06f918 completed March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c701731a288190b53ffc546a2f47d7 completed March 27, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c856ea9a2c8190a81762ac509c4c97 completed March 28, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8587b461c819081b63e71b533547a completed March 28, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c858fd9d4081909bb2072fcc3e3836 completed March 28, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:51 p.m.