Triple

T10319636
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earth Orientation Parameters E242105 entity
Predicate measuredBy P24236 FINISHED
Object Satellite Laser Ranging
Satellite Laser Ranging is a geodetic technique that uses ground-based lasers to precisely measure the distance to satellites equipped with retroreflectors, enabling highly accurate determination of Earth’s shape, rotation, and reference frames.
E855204 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: Satellite Laser Ranging | Statement: [Earth Orientation Parameters, measuredBy, Satellite Laser Ranging]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Satellite Laser Ranging
Context triple: [Earth Orientation Parameters, measuredBy, Satellite Laser Ranging]
  • A. International Laser Ranging Service
    The International Laser Ranging Service is an international organization that coordinates and supports satellite and lunar laser ranging activities to improve global reference frames, Earth science, and geodetic research.
  • B. Laser Ranging Instrument
    The Laser Ranging Instrument is a scientific device used to measure precise distances—such as between a spacecraft and a celestial body—by timing the travel of laser pulses.
  • C. ICESat missions
    The ICESat missions are NASA satellite campaigns designed to measure changes in Earth's ice sheets, sea ice, and land topography using spaceborne laser altimetry.
  • D. GRACE mission
    The GRACE mission is a joint NASA–German Aerospace Center satellite project that precisely measures Earth's gravity field over time to study changes in ice sheets, sea level, groundwater, and other aspects of the global water cycle.
  • E. Fine Guidance Sensor
    The Fine Guidance Sensor is a high-precision pointing and stabilization instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope that locks onto guide stars to keep the observatory accurately aimed during observations.
  • 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: Satellite Laser Ranging
Triple: [Earth Orientation Parameters, measuredBy, Satellite Laser Ranging]
Generated description
Satellite Laser Ranging is a geodetic technique that uses ground-based lasers to precisely measure the distance to satellites equipped with retroreflectors, enabling highly accurate determination of Earth’s shape, rotation, and reference frames.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Satellite Laser Ranging
Target entity description: Satellite Laser Ranging is a geodetic technique that uses ground-based lasers to precisely measure the distance to satellites equipped with retroreflectors, enabling highly accurate determination of Earth’s shape, rotation, and reference frames.
  • A. International Laser Ranging Service
    The International Laser Ranging Service is an international organization that coordinates and supports satellite and lunar laser ranging activities to improve global reference frames, Earth science, and geodetic research.
  • B. Laser Ranging Instrument
    The Laser Ranging Instrument is a scientific device used to measure precise distances—such as between a spacecraft and a celestial body—by timing the travel of laser pulses.
  • C. ICESat missions
    The ICESat missions are NASA satellite campaigns designed to measure changes in Earth's ice sheets, sea ice, and land topography using spaceborne laser altimetry.
  • D. GRACE mission
    The GRACE mission is a joint NASA–German Aerospace Center satellite project that precisely measures Earth's gravity field over time to study changes in ice sheets, sea level, groundwater, and other aspects of the global water cycle.
  • E. Fine Guidance Sensor
    The Fine Guidance Sensor is a high-precision pointing and stabilization instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope that locks onto guide stars to keep the observatory accurately aimed during observations.
  • 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_69d381ac38808190a8ca7457c85b625b completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d6ca62b48190844b4cbf55d53a43 completed April 7, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d71d94aba48190aa40201d46f7ba2f completed April 9, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d7318755b881908e9ea4f1dfcf7da2 completed April 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d73285e0688190a98708477527bbee completed April 9, 2026, 5 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:49 a.m.