Triple

T12362430
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 4 Vesta E294774 entity
Predicate discoverer P412 FINISHED
Object Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers was a German physician and astronomer known for discovering several asteroids and formulating Olbers' paradox about why the night sky is dark.
E977727 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: Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers | Statement: [4 Vesta, discoverer, Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
Context triple: [4 Vesta, discoverer, Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers]
  • A. Johann Elert Bode
    Johann Elert Bode was an 18th–19th century German astronomer best known for popularizing the Titius–Bode law and for his influential star atlases and astronomical tables.
  • B. Johann Galle
    Johann Galle was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for making the first observational confirmation of the planet Neptune.
  • C. Friedrich Bessel
    Friedrich Bessel was a German astronomer and mathematician renowned for his precise measurements of stellar positions and distances, including the first reliable determination of a star’s parallax.
  • D. Giuseppe Piazzi
    Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician best known for discovering the dwarf planet Ceres in 1801.
  • E. Johann Franz Encke
    Johann Franz Encke was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his precise calculations of cometary orbits, including the periodic comet now named Encke's Comet.
  • 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: Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
Triple: [4 Vesta, discoverer, Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers]
Generated description
Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers was a German physician and astronomer known for discovering several asteroids and formulating Olbers' paradox about why the night sky is dark.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
Target entity description: Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers was a German physician and astronomer known for discovering several asteroids and formulating Olbers' paradox about why the night sky is dark.
  • A. Johann Elert Bode
    Johann Elert Bode was an 18th–19th century German astronomer best known for popularizing the Titius–Bode law and for his influential star atlases and astronomical tables.
  • B. Johann Galle
    Johann Galle was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for making the first observational confirmation of the planet Neptune.
  • C. Friedrich Bessel
    Friedrich Bessel was a German astronomer and mathematician renowned for his precise measurements of stellar positions and distances, including the first reliable determination of a star’s parallax.
  • D. Giuseppe Piazzi
    Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician best known for discovering the dwarf planet Ceres in 1801.
  • E. Johann Franz Encke
    Johann Franz Encke was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his precise calculations of cometary orbits, including the periodic comet now named Encke's Comet.
  • 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_69d6ab6d8a4081908636601e69ddf262 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f91a1908190a8a4fa9da3b47933 completed April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62ab9ea4c81908313b11716ad7c43 completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62c569a6c8190aecf8a4c627d8893 completed May 2, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62d0c2568819083e66c8ae484d30d completed May 2, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.