Triple

T12175548
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carina E290077 entity
Predicate containsDeepSkyObject P23775 FINISHED
Object Homunculus Nebula
The Homunculus Nebula is a bipolar cloud of gas and dust surrounding the massive, unstable star Eta Carinae, formed by its violent 19th-century eruptions.
E963082 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: Homunculus Nebula | Statement: [Carina, containsDeepSkyObject, Homunculus Nebula]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homunculus Nebula
Context triple: [Carina, containsDeepSkyObject, Homunculus Nebula]
  • A. Medusa Nebula
    Medusa Nebula is a large, faint planetary nebula in the constellation Gemini, known for its filamentary, serpentine structures that inspired its mythological name.
  • B. Merope Nebula
    The Merope Nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the Pleiades star cluster, illuminated by and surrounding the hot blue star Merope in the constellation Taurus.
  • C. Tarantula Nebula
    The Tarantula Nebula is an enormous, extremely active star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud and one of the most luminous nebulae known in the Local Group of galaxies.
  • D. Pelican Nebula
    The Pelican Nebula is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, notable for its bird-like shape and active star-forming regions.
  • E. Eskimo Nebula
    Eskimo Nebula is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Gemini, notable for its distinctive, fur-lined parka appearance surrounding a central star.
  • 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: Homunculus Nebula
Triple: [Carina, containsDeepSkyObject, Homunculus Nebula]
Generated description
The Homunculus Nebula is a bipolar cloud of gas and dust surrounding the massive, unstable star Eta Carinae, formed by its violent 19th-century eruptions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homunculus Nebula
Target entity description: The Homunculus Nebula is a bipolar cloud of gas and dust surrounding the massive, unstable star Eta Carinae, formed by its violent 19th-century eruptions.
  • A. Medusa Nebula
    Medusa Nebula is a large, faint planetary nebula in the constellation Gemini, known for its filamentary, serpentine structures that inspired its mythological name.
  • B. Merope Nebula
    The Merope Nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the Pleiades star cluster, illuminated by and surrounding the hot blue star Merope in the constellation Taurus.
  • C. Tarantula Nebula
    The Tarantula Nebula is an enormous, extremely active star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud and one of the most luminous nebulae known in the Local Group of galaxies.
  • D. Pelican Nebula
    The Pelican Nebula is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, notable for its bird-like shape and active star-forming regions.
  • E. Eskimo Nebula
    Eskimo Nebula is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Gemini, notable for its distinctive, fur-lined parka appearance surrounding a central star.
  • 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_69d6ab4d6c00819095a9a7c35de83cfb completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915dc71788190bdaadf7be9d8d6ce completed April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f5f6a9482481909500c216f23fceb4 completed May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f5fdebe3fc81909a5bb23a943c3c43 completed May 2, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f5fef775508190ab3be470821c5a50 completed May 2, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.