Triple

T11583751
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject High-z Supernova Search Team E274696 entity
Predicate keyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object Peter J. McCarthy
Peter J. McCarthy is an astronomer known for his contributions to observational cosmology and supernova research, including work with the High-z Supernova Search Team.
 E979964 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: Peter J. McCarthy | Statement: [High-z Supernova Search Team, keyPerson, Peter J. McCarthy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Peter J. McCarthy
Context triple: [High-z Supernova Search Team, keyPerson, Peter J. McCarthy]
  • A. Stephen P. Synnott
    Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer known for his work with the Voyager missions, during which he discovered several moons of the outer planets.
  • B. Richard M. Mullane
    Richard M. Mullane is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force engineer and weapons systems officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s.
  • C. Philip Keenan
    Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
  • D. Peter A. Tyrrell
    Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • E. Robert J. McManus
    Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
  • 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: Peter J. McCarthy
Triple: [High-z Supernova Search Team, keyPerson, Peter J. McCarthy]
Generated description
Peter J. McCarthy is an astronomer known for his contributions to observational cosmology and supernova research, including work with the High-z Supernova Search Team.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Peter J. McCarthy
Target entity description: Peter J. McCarthy is an astronomer known for his contributions to observational cosmology and supernova research, including work with the High-z Supernova Search Team.
  • A. Stephen P. Synnott
    Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer known for his work with the Voyager missions, during which he discovered several moons of the outer planets.
  • B. Richard M. Mullane
    Richard M. Mullane is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force engineer and weapons systems officer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s.
  • C. Philip Keenan
    Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
  • D. Peter A. Tyrrell
    Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • E. Robert J. McManus
    Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
  • 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_69f6344b938c8190877bd3140ad904e9 completed May 2, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6356b545c819089a5f5b901afc5f2 completed May 2, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f636382ffc8190becfae41757a45d8 completed May 2, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.