Triple

T7815406
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject International Microgravity Laboratory 2 E180993 entity
Predicate payloadSpecialist P21472 FINISHED
Object Donald A. Thomas
Donald A. Thomas is an American astronaut and engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, conducting scientific research in microgravity.
 E752580 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: Donald A. Thomas | Statement: [International Microgravity Laboratory 2, payloadSpecialist, Donald A. Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald A. Thomas
Context triple: [International Microgravity Laboratory 2, payloadSpecialist, Donald A. Thomas]
  • A. John W. Thomas
    John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
  • B. James A. Thomas
    James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
  • C. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • D. Donald R. Seawell
    Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
  • E. William H. Thomason Jr.
    William H. Thomason Jr. was an individual interred at Golden Gate National Cemetery, likely a U.S. military veteran honored with burial in this national military cemetery.
  • 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: Donald A. Thomas
Triple: [International Microgravity Laboratory 2, payloadSpecialist, Donald A. Thomas]
Generated description
Donald A. Thomas is an American astronaut and engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, conducting scientific research in microgravity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald A. Thomas
Target entity description: Donald A. Thomas is an American astronaut and engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, conducting scientific research in microgravity.
  • A. John W. Thomas
    John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
  • B. James A. Thomas
    James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
  • C. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • D. Donald R. Seawell
    Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
  • E. William H. Thomason Jr.
    William H. Thomason Jr. was an individual interred at Golden Gate National Cemetery, likely a U.S. military veteran honored with burial in this national military cemetery.
  • 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_69ca828153f48190bdb27ac46f8e0745 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69caf96d1f088190a1d005ffb019afe9 completed March 30, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf275f49f48190ad92d5aaebaac4d0 completed April 3, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf2a6a91d48190aa7d45b0a010f261 completed April 3, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf2c0aace08190aca839c39e718c52 completed April 3, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:39 p.m.