Triple

T10903181
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Henry Pickering E257498 entity
Predicate hasAsteroidNamedAfter P17121 FINISHED
Object (784) Pickeringia
(784) Pickeringia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer William Henry Pickering.
 E891890 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: (784) Pickeringia | Statement: [William Henry Pickering, hasAsteroidNamedAfter, (784) Pickeringia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: (784) Pickeringia
Context triple: [William Henry Pickering, hasAsteroidNamedAfter, (784) Pickeringia]
  • A. Caldwell 74
    Caldwell 74 is a bright, well-known planetary nebula in the constellation Vela, popularly called the Southern Ring Nebula.
  • B. Caldwell 94
    Caldwell 94 is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Centaurus, popularly known as the Jewel Box for its strikingly colorful stars.
  • C. Hesperopeuce
    Hesperopeuce is a little-known genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae, native to South America and sometimes treated as part of the genus Podocarpus.
  • D. Nylanderia
    Nylanderia is a genus of small, often fast-moving ants commonly found in warm regions worldwide and known for including several invasive pest species.
  • E. Pleuron
    Pleuron was an ancient city in Aetolia, Greece, known from Greek mythology as the homeland of several legendary figures and a center of early Aetolian culture.
  • 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: (784) Pickeringia
Triple: [William Henry Pickering, hasAsteroidNamedAfter, (784) Pickeringia]
Generated description
(784) Pickeringia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer William Henry Pickering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: (784) Pickeringia
Target entity description: (784) Pickeringia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronomer William Henry Pickering.
  • A. Caldwell 74
    Caldwell 74 is a bright, well-known planetary nebula in the constellation Vela, popularly called the Southern Ring Nebula.
  • B. Caldwell 94
    Caldwell 94 is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Centaurus, popularly known as the Jewel Box for its strikingly colorful stars.
  • C. Hesperopeuce
    Hesperopeuce is a little-known genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae, native to South America and sometimes treated as part of the genus Podocarpus.
  • D. Nylanderia
    Nylanderia is a genus of small, often fast-moving ants commonly found in warm regions worldwide and known for including several invasive pest species.
  • E. Pleuron
    Pleuron was an ancient city in Aetolia, Greece, known from Greek mythology as the homeland of several legendary figures and a center of early Aetolian culture.
  • 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_69d6aa8550c8819095508a2ed9acf3db completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d761a4e9d48190b107839761a2152b completed April 9, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e1553bb88c8190b9730a31977e1dd1 completed April 16, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e175e336848190b2c7226524266efa completed April 16, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e17d46b7b881908bc3246b462f4612 completed April 17, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:22 p.m.