Triple

T7722624
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Space Shuttle thermal protection system E175049 entity
Predicate testedAt P17991 FINISHED
Object NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities
NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities are high-enthalpy ground-test installations used to simulate the extreme aerodynamic heating of atmospheric entry for evaluating and qualifying spacecraft thermal protection systems.
E684172 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: NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities | Statement: [Space Shuttle thermal protection system, testedAt, NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities
Context triple: [Space Shuttle thermal protection system, testedAt, NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities]
  • A. Ames Research Center 40-by-80-Foot Wind Tunnel
    The Ames Research Center 40-by-80-Foot Wind Tunnel is a massive NASA wind tunnel facility used to test full-scale aircraft and aerospace vehicles under controlled aerodynamic conditions.
  • B. Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel
    The Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel is one of the world’s largest wind tunnels, used primarily for testing full-scale aircraft and aerospace vehicles under controlled aerodynamic conditions.
  • C. Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe
    The "Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe" is the nickname for the 412th Test Wing, a premier U.S. Air Force unit renowned for conducting cutting-edge flight and weapons testing at Edwards Air Force Base.
  • D. Space Propulsion Laboratory
    The Space Propulsion Laboratory is an MIT research lab specializing in advanced spacecraft propulsion technologies, particularly electric and micro-propulsion systems for space missions.
  • E. NASA wind tunnels
    NASA wind tunnels are specialized aerodynamic testing facilities used to study airflow and performance of aircraft, spacecraft, and advanced air vehicles under controlled conditions.
  • 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: NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities
Triple: [Space Shuttle thermal protection system, testedAt, NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities]
Generated description
NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities are high-enthalpy ground-test installations used to simulate the extreme aerodynamic heating of atmospheric entry for evaluating and qualifying spacecraft thermal protection systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities
Target entity description: NASA Ames Research Center arc-jet facilities are high-enthalpy ground-test installations used to simulate the extreme aerodynamic heating of atmospheric entry for evaluating and qualifying spacecraft thermal protection systems.
  • A. Ames Research Center 40-by-80-Foot Wind Tunnel
    The Ames Research Center 40-by-80-Foot Wind Tunnel is a massive NASA wind tunnel facility used to test full-scale aircraft and aerospace vehicles under controlled aerodynamic conditions.
  • B. Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel
    The Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel is one of the world’s largest wind tunnels, used primarily for testing full-scale aircraft and aerospace vehicles under controlled aerodynamic conditions.
  • C. Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe
    The "Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe" is the nickname for the 412th Test Wing, a premier U.S. Air Force unit renowned for conducting cutting-edge flight and weapons testing at Edwards Air Force Base.
  • D. Space Propulsion Laboratory
    The Space Propulsion Laboratory is an MIT research lab specializing in advanced spacecraft propulsion technologies, particularly electric and micro-propulsion systems for space missions.
  • E. NASA wind tunnels
    NASA wind tunnels are specialized aerodynamic testing facilities used to study airflow and performance of aircraft, spacecraft, and advanced air vehicles under controlled conditions.
  • 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_69c6995d541c81909eaa646b1a8369a9 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c702f1786881908b025d8986e5f1fa completed March 27, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8b51b612881909f20a6b777db348c completed March 29, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8b639df28819095af623e96181d9c completed March 29, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8b68f44148190b08882625db98f96 completed March 29, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:05 p.m.