Triple

T10903243
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Phoebe ring of Saturn E257500 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object Michael F. Skrutskie
Michael F. Skrutskie is an American astronomer known for his work in infrared astronomy and for leading the discovery of Saturn’s vast Phoebe ring.
E891893 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 F. Skrutskie | Statement: [Phoebe ring of Saturn, discoveredBy, Michael F. Skrutskie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael F. Skrutskie
Context triple: [Phoebe ring of Saturn, discoveredBy, Michael F. Skrutskie]
  • A. Brent Tully
    Brent Tully is an American astronomer known for his pioneering work on the large-scale structure of the universe and galaxy clustering, including the identification of major cosmic superclusters.
  • B. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • C. Daniel Tully
    Daniel Tully was an American businessman who served as chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, helping to expand it into one of the world’s leading brokerage and investment firms.
  • D. Scott S. Sheppard
    Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
  • E. Rodrigo A. Ibata
    Rodrigo A. Ibata is an astronomer known for his work on galactic structure and dynamics, including the identification of the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy as a nearby satellite of the Milky Way.
  • 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 F. Skrutskie
Triple: [Phoebe ring of Saturn, discoveredBy, Michael F. Skrutskie]
Generated description
Michael F. Skrutskie is an American astronomer known for his work in infrared astronomy and for leading the discovery of Saturn’s vast Phoebe ring.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael F. Skrutskie
Target entity description: Michael F. Skrutskie is an American astronomer known for his work in infrared astronomy and for leading the discovery of Saturn’s vast Phoebe ring.
  • A. Brent Tully
    Brent Tully is an American astronomer known for his pioneering work on the large-scale structure of the universe and galaxy clustering, including the identification of major cosmic superclusters.
  • B. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • C. Daniel Tully
    Daniel Tully was an American businessman who served as chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, helping to expand it into one of the world’s leading brokerage and investment firms.
  • D. Scott S. Sheppard
    Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
  • E. Rodrigo A. Ibata
    Rodrigo A. Ibata is an astronomer known for his work on galactic structure and dynamics, including the identification of the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy as a nearby satellite of the Milky Way.
  • 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.