Triple

T17616189
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject STS-130 E429088 entity
Predicate pilot P2087 FINISHED
Object Terry W. Virts
Terry W. Virts is a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on the Space Shuttle and later commanded the International Space Station.
E1277931 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: Terry W. Virts | Statement: [STS-130, pilot, Terry W. Virts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry W. Virts
Context triple: [STS-130, pilot, Terry W. Virts]
  • A. Chris Sullivan
    Chris Sullivan is an American actor best known for his role as Toby Damon on the television drama series "This Is Us."
  • B. Hank Worden
    Hank Worden was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in Western films, particularly in collaborations with director John Ford and star John Wayne.
  • C. John Lovell
    John Lovell is a former U.S. Army Ranger and firearms instructor best known as the founder of the Warrior Poet Society, a media and training company focused on self-defense, tactical skills, and Christian-informed warrior ethics.
  • D. Kyle Sullivan
    Kyle Sullivan is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as "The War at Home" and the sketch comedy show "All That."
  • E. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
    Jeffrey A. Hoffman is an American NASA astronaut and astrophysicist best known for his multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
  • 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: Terry W. Virts
Triple: [STS-130, pilot, Terry W. Virts]
Generated description
Terry W. Virts is a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on the Space Shuttle and later commanded the International Space Station.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry W. Virts
Target entity description: Terry W. Virts is a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on the Space Shuttle and later commanded the International Space Station.
  • A. Chris Sullivan
    Chris Sullivan is an American actor best known for his role as Toby Damon on the television drama series "This Is Us."
  • B. Hank Worden
    Hank Worden was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in Western films, particularly in collaborations with director John Ford and star John Wayne.
  • C. John Lovell
    John Lovell is a former U.S. Army Ranger and firearms instructor best known as the founder of the Warrior Poet Society, a media and training company focused on self-defense, tactical skills, and Christian-informed warrior ethics.
  • D. Kyle Sullivan
    Kyle Sullivan is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as "The War at Home" and the sketch comedy show "All That."
  • E. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
    Jeffrey A. Hoffman is an American NASA astronaut and astrophysicist best known for his multiple Space Shuttle missions, including the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
  • 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_69d889e1c6148190ba76241e74688f8b completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46d32991c81909801161b0a416c94 completed April 19, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01e82849748190a6ce3a1f7a7fc77b completed May 11, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01ecfb2ff4819082f67ab1f2ce8885 completed May 11, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01ee0c03e881908aaaa3bd0f596387 completed May 11, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:51 a.m.