Triple

T11210521

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies	`E265292`	entity
Predicate	alsoKnownAs	`P39`	FINISHED
Object	Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog The Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog is an astronomical catalog that lists bright galaxies, providing standardized data and classifications widely used in extragalactic astronomy.	`E911978`	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: Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog | Statement: [Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies, alsoKnownAs, Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog
Context triple: [Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies, alsoKnownAs, Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog]

A. David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) catalog
The David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) catalog is an astronomical catalog of dwarf galaxies compiled from observations at the David Dunlap Observatory, widely used in studies of nearby low-luminosity galaxies.
B. Armagh Catalogue of Stars
The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
C. New General Catalogue
The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
D. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs that provide precise positional and photometric data for millions of stars, widely used for research and satellite tracking.
E. Bonner Durchmusterung
Bonner Durchmusterung is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog that systematically surveyed and recorded the positions and magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of stars in the northern sky.
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: Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog
Triple: [Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies, alsoKnownAs, Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog]

Generated description

The Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog is an astronomical catalog that lists bright galaxies, providing standardized data and classifications widely used in extragalactic astronomy.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog
Target entity description: The Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog is an astronomical catalog that lists bright galaxies, providing standardized data and classifications widely used in extragalactic astronomy.

A. David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) catalog
The David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) catalog is an astronomical catalog of dwarf galaxies compiled from observations at the David Dunlap Observatory, widely used in studies of nearby low-luminosity galaxies.
B. Armagh Catalogue of Stars
The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
C. New General Catalogue
The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
D. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs that provide precise positional and photometric data for millions of stars, widely used for research and satellite tracking.
E. Bonner Durchmusterung
Bonner Durchmusterung is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog that systematically surveyed and recorded the positions and magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of stars in the northern sky.
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_69d6aac59460819089b9848b27f57848`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d7e8d6f5d4819086dcb776a0d469e8`	completed	April 9, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69e49747ec288190bc3e826b6de7f6f2`	completed	April 19, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69e49c0a92b08190ac5debb7d67ca776`	completed	April 19, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69e49e8dc4ec81908d0defe77827d197`	completed	April 19, 2026, 9:21 a.m.

Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.