Triple

T7732863

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Eugene Cernan	`E175305`	entity
Predicate	awarded	`P11`	FINISHED
Object	Navy Distinguished Flying Cross The Navy Distinguished Flying Cross is a high-level United States military decoration awarded to Navy and Marine Corps personnel for extraordinary heroism or achievement during aerial flight.	`E16596`	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: Navy Distinguished Flying Cross | Statement: [Eugene Cernan, awarded, Navy Distinguished Flying Cross]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Navy Distinguished Flying Cross
Context triple: [Eugene Cernan, awarded, Navy Distinguished Flying Cross]

A. Navy Air Medal
The Navy Air Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight.
B. Distinguished Flying Cross
The Distinguished Flying Cross is a United States military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight.
C. Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
The Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar is a British military decoration awarded to officers and, later, other ranks of the Royal Air Force and other services for acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy, with the "Bar" indicating a subsequent award of the same decoration.
D. Navy Distinguished Service Medal
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States Navy decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility, often to senior military leaders.
E. Air Force Achievement Medal
The Air Force Achievement Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded to Air Force personnel for outstanding achievement or meritorious service of a lesser degree than that required for higher commendation medals.
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: Navy Distinguished Flying Cross
Triple: [Eugene Cernan, awarded, Navy Distinguished Flying Cross]

Generated description

The Navy Distinguished Flying Cross is a high-level United States military decoration awarded to Navy and Marine Corps personnel for extraordinary heroism or achievement during aerial flight.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Navy Distinguished Flying Cross
Target entity description: The Navy Distinguished Flying Cross is a high-level United States military decoration awarded to Navy and Marine Corps personnel for extraordinary heroism or achievement during aerial flight.

A. Navy Air Medal
The Navy Air Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight.
B. Distinguished Flying Cross chosen
The Distinguished Flying Cross is a United States military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight.
C. Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
The Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar is a British military decoration awarded to officers and, later, other ranks of the Royal Air Force and other services for acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy, with the "Bar" indicating a subsequent award of the same decoration.
D. Navy Distinguished Service Medal
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States Navy decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility, often to senior military leaders.
E. Air Force Achievement Medal
The Air Force Achievement Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded to Air Force personnel for outstanding achievement or meritorious service of a lesser degree than that required for higher commendation medals.
F. None of above.

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_69c6995e912c81909a49a2657103f786`	completed	March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c7033863d881909451a4f9675021a3`	completed	March 27, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c8b531a7f481908e4ff7f15b851070`	completed	March 29, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c8b5fbda848190b09172740371fd47`	completed	March 29, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c8b675ddb0819085d79dbba560d08f`	completed	March 29, 2026, 5:19 a.m.

Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:06 p.m.