Triple

T11583738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject High-z Supernova Search Team E274696 entity
Predicate keyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object Robert P. Kirshner
Robert P. Kirshner is an American astronomer renowned for his work on supernovae and the accelerating expansion of the universe, contributing to the discovery of dark energy.
E943216 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: Robert P. Kirshner | Statement: [High-z Supernova Search Team, keyPerson, Robert P. Kirshner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert P. Kirshner
Context triple: [High-z Supernova Search Team, keyPerson, Robert P. Kirshner]
  • A. Willis E. Davidge
    Willis E. Davidge is a human fighter pilot who becomes stranded on an alien world and forges an unlikely bond with his Drac enemy in the science fiction story "Enemy Mine."
  • B. Nicholas B. Suntzeff
    Nicholas B. Suntzeff is an American astronomer and cosmologist best known as a co-founder of the High-z Supernova Search Team, whose observations of distant supernovae provided key evidence for the accelerating expansion of the universe.
  • C. Carl Heiles
    Carl Heiles is an American radio astronomer known for his influential work on the interstellar medium, magnetic fields in galaxies, and the discovery and study of pulsars.
  • D. Norman Spinrad
    Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
  • E. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • 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: Robert P. Kirshner
Triple: [High-z Supernova Search Team, keyPerson, Robert P. Kirshner]
Generated description
Robert P. Kirshner is an American astronomer renowned for his work on supernovae and the accelerating expansion of the universe, contributing to the discovery of dark energy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert P. Kirshner
Target entity description: Robert P. Kirshner is an American astronomer renowned for his work on supernovae and the accelerating expansion of the universe, contributing to the discovery of dark energy.
  • A. Willis E. Davidge
    Willis E. Davidge is a human fighter pilot who becomes stranded on an alien world and forges an unlikely bond with his Drac enemy in the science fiction story "Enemy Mine."
  • B. Nicholas B. Suntzeff
    Nicholas B. Suntzeff is an American astronomer and cosmologist best known as a co-founder of the High-z Supernova Search Team, whose observations of distant supernovae provided key evidence for the accelerating expansion of the universe.
  • C. Carl Heiles
    Carl Heiles is an American radio astronomer known for his influential work on the interstellar medium, magnetic fields in galaxies, and the discovery and study of pulsars.
  • D. Norman Spinrad
    Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
  • E. Eric W. Kaler
    Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
  • 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_69d6aae6b14c81908dc5a74bad7591f9 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8904db5748190ae5f10ae86ccdf46 completed April 10, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f018d260488190a8c716787247797f completed April 28, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f0319271788190a105828ae7582668 completed April 28, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f05a44dcb88190a0bb57b0c8fef6b9 completed April 28, 2026, 6:57 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.