Triple
T12316190
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Herschel |
E293603
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
President of the Royal Astronomical Society
The President of the Royal Astronomical Society is the elected head of the United Kingdom’s leading professional body for astronomy and geophysics, overseeing its scientific, organizational, and public outreach activities.
|
E976068
|
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: President of the Royal Astronomical Society | Statement: [John Herschel, positionHeld, President of the Royal Astronomical Society]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: President of the Royal Astronomical Society Context triple: [John Herschel, positionHeld, President of the Royal Astronomical Society]
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A.
Astronomer Royal
The Astronomer Royal is a senior official title in the United Kingdom historically given to the leading royal astronomer responsible for advancing astronomical research and advising the Crown.
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B.
President of the Royal Society
The President of the Royal Society is the elected head of the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, overseeing its scientific leadership, governance, and public representation.
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C.
President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
The President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science is the elected head of a major UK scientific society responsible for promoting and coordinating scientific research and public understanding of science.
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D.
secretary of the Royal Society
The secretary of the Royal Society is a senior officer responsible for overseeing the scientific administration and scholarly activities of the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences.
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E.
Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry
The Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Cambridge dedicated to advanced research and teaching in astronomy and mathematics.
- 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: President of the Royal Astronomical Society Triple: [John Herschel, positionHeld, President of the Royal Astronomical Society]
Generated description
The President of the Royal Astronomical Society is the elected head of the United Kingdom’s leading professional body for astronomy and geophysics, overseeing its scientific, organizational, and public outreach activities.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: President of the Royal Astronomical Society Target entity description: The President of the Royal Astronomical Society is the elected head of the United Kingdom’s leading professional body for astronomy and geophysics, overseeing its scientific, organizational, and public outreach activities.
-
A.
Astronomer Royal
The Astronomer Royal is a senior official title in the United Kingdom historically given to the leading royal astronomer responsible for advancing astronomical research and advising the Crown.
-
B.
President of the Royal Society
The President of the Royal Society is the elected head of the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, overseeing its scientific leadership, governance, and public representation.
-
C.
President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
The President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science is the elected head of a major UK scientific society responsible for promoting and coordinating scientific research and public understanding of science.
-
D.
secretary of the Royal Society
The secretary of the Royal Society is a senior officer responsible for overseeing the scientific administration and scholarly activities of the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences.
-
E.
Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry
The Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Cambridge dedicated to advanced research and teaching in astronomy and mathematics.
- 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_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93f05186481909c024a933b4f6c60 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f61e86d45881909a9a3c09df0b78f1 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f622a646c481908164ae5387625bb4 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f623fbb32081909b7daa515eebf75d |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.