Triple

T10983111
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eugène Delporte E259557 entity
Predicate discovered P412 FINISHED
Object asteroid 1940 Whipple
Asteroid 1940 Whipple is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of American astronomer Fred Whipple, known for his work on comets.
 E902308 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: asteroid 1940 Whipple | Statement: [Eugène Delporte, discovered, asteroid 1940 Whipple]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: asteroid 1940 Whipple
Context triple: [Eugène Delporte, discovered, asteroid 1940 Whipple]
  • A. asteroid 1939 Quetta
    Asteroid 1939 Quetta is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named after the city of Quetta, Pakistan.
  • B. asteroid 1000 Piazzia
    Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
  • C. asteroid 1934 Jeffers
    Asteroid 1934 Jeffers is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named in honor of American astronomer Hamilton Jeffers.
  • D. asteroid 1952 Hesburgh
    Asteroid 1952 Hesburgh is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American priest and long-time University of Notre Dame president Theodore Hesburgh.
  • E. asteroid 1933 Tinchen
    Asteroid 1933 Tinchen is a minor planet in our solar system, part of the main asteroid belt, identified and cataloged as one of the many small rocky bodies orbiting the Sun.
  • 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: asteroid 1940 Whipple
Triple: [Eugène Delporte, discovered, asteroid 1940 Whipple]
Generated description
Asteroid 1940 Whipple is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of American astronomer Fred Whipple, known for his work on comets.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: asteroid 1940 Whipple
Target entity description: Asteroid 1940 Whipple is a minor planet in our solar system named in honor of American astronomer Fred Whipple, known for his work on comets.
  • A. asteroid 1939 Quetta
    Asteroid 1939 Quetta is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named after the city of Quetta, Pakistan.
  • B. asteroid 1000 Piazzia
    Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
  • C. asteroid 1934 Jeffers
    Asteroid 1934 Jeffers is a minor planet in the asteroid belt named in honor of American astronomer Hamilton Jeffers.
  • D. asteroid 1952 Hesburgh
    Asteroid 1952 Hesburgh is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American priest and long-time University of Notre Dame president Theodore Hesburgh.
  • E. asteroid 1933 Tinchen
    Asteroid 1933 Tinchen is a minor planet in our solar system, part of the main asteroid belt, identified and cataloged as one of the many small rocky bodies orbiting the Sun.
  • 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_69d6aa895f4c8190887a15460ef622f4 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d772eb518c8190a885a417815f2ff6 completed April 9, 2026, 9:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3c80ada908190a244eccc2b48df60 completed April 18, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3ca36528081908dd0db5063e90b3b completed April 18, 2026, 6:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3cf08cf108190966b4abd0514a6ea completed April 18, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:24 p.m.