Triple

T8948608
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-121 E213285 entity
Predicate missionSpecialist P21471 FINISHED
Object Michael E. Fossum
Michael E. Fossum is a NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later served as commander of the International Space Station.
 E811015 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: Michael E. Fossum | Statement: [STS-121, missionSpecialist, Michael E. Fossum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael E. Fossum
Context triple: [STS-121, missionSpecialist, Michael E. Fossum]
  • A. Daniel L. Fapp
    Daniel L. Fapp was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning West Side Story.
  • B. James S. Voss
    James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
  • C. Jay R. Ferguson
    Jay R. Ferguson is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as "Evening Shade," "Mad Men," and "The Conners."
  • D. Douglas J. Foskett
    Douglas J. Foskett was a British librarian and information scientist known for his influential work in library classification and information retrieval.
  • E. Michael G. Moye
    Michael G. Moye is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking Fox sitcom "Married... with Children."
  • 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: Michael E. Fossum
Triple: [STS-121, missionSpecialist, Michael E. Fossum]
Generated description
Michael E. Fossum is a NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later served as commander of the International Space Station.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael E. Fossum
Target entity description: Michael E. Fossum is a NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force officer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later served as commander of the International Space Station.
  • A. Daniel L. Fapp
    Daniel L. Fapp was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning West Side Story.
  • B. James S. Voss
    James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
  • C. Jay R. Ferguson
    Jay R. Ferguson is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as "Evening Shade," "Mad Men," and "The Conners."
  • D. Douglas J. Foskett
    Douglas J. Foskett was a British librarian and information scientist known for his influential work in library classification and information retrieval.
  • E. Michael G. Moye
    Michael G. Moye is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking Fox sitcom "Married... with Children."
  • 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_69ca839843408190a39069a029a89f15 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6709c7a48190ab503083a1d6a29f completed April 1, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d178b408c8819080cd15c1efcd7002 completed April 4, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d17df1bb3c819097ff93db69a057ed completed April 4, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d17e43299481908e112bb82b52a941 completed April 4, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:59 p.m.