Triple

T12665554
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arthur Auwers E302543 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object German Commission for the Transit of Venus
The German Commission for the Transit of Venus was a 19th-century scientific body organized in Germany to coordinate astronomical expeditions and observations of the transit of Venus for precise measurements of the solar system.
E995812 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: German Commission for the Transit of Venus | Statement: [Arthur Auwers, employer, German Commission for the Transit of Venus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German Commission for the Transit of Venus
Context triple: [Arthur Auwers, employer, German Commission for the Transit of Venus]
  • A. Gotha observatory
    Gotha observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Gotha, Germany, known for its significant contributions to 18th- and 19th-century astronomy and geodesy.
  • B. Koldewey
    Koldewey is a German surname most notably associated with Robert Koldewey, the archaeologist who led the excavation of ancient Babylon.
  • C. Munich Observatory
    Munich Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Munich, Germany, known for its contributions to celestial mechanics and stellar astronomy.
  • D. Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
    The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Heidelberg, Germany, renowned for its early 20th-century discoveries of asteroids and comets.
  • E. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
    The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is a leading German research institute dedicated to studying the Sun and other bodies in the Solar System through both space missions and theoretical modeling.
  • 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: German Commission for the Transit of Venus
Triple: [Arthur Auwers, employer, German Commission for the Transit of Venus]
Generated description
The German Commission for the Transit of Venus was a 19th-century scientific body organized in Germany to coordinate astronomical expeditions and observations of the transit of Venus for precise measurements of the solar system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German Commission for the Transit of Venus
Target entity description: The German Commission for the Transit of Venus was a 19th-century scientific body organized in Germany to coordinate astronomical expeditions and observations of the transit of Venus for precise measurements of the solar system.
  • A. Gotha observatory
    Gotha observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Gotha, Germany, known for its significant contributions to 18th- and 19th-century astronomy and geodesy.
  • B. Koldewey
    Koldewey is a German surname most notably associated with Robert Koldewey, the archaeologist who led the excavation of ancient Babylon.
  • C. Munich Observatory
    Munich Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Munich, Germany, known for its contributions to celestial mechanics and stellar astronomy.
  • D. Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
    The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Heidelberg, Germany, renowned for its early 20th-century discoveries of asteroids and comets.
  • E. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
    The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is a leading German research institute dedicated to studying the Sun and other bodies in the Solar System through both space missions and theoretical modeling.
  • 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_69d7bded71a88190bb76e2413af9ea66 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9617e030881908444743b8a7e0d75 completed April 10, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6688a19148190b8d252d3706d2b05 completed May 2, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f669f69fe4819097dfc63780e8587e completed May 2, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f66b64dfe08190a7f9283dabd0e3c7 completed May 2, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:19 p.m.