Triple
T12857810
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Horrocks |
E307499
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entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
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FINISHED |
| Object |
John Horrocks (astronomer)
John Horrocks was a 17th-century English astronomer and mathematician noted for his early observation of a transit of Venus and his contributions to improving astronomical measurements.
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E1006271
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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: John Horrocks (astronomer) | Statement: [Horrocks, hasNotableBearer, John Horrocks (astronomer)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Horrocks (astronomer) Context triple: [Horrocks, hasNotableBearer, John Horrocks (astronomer)]
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A.
John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
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B.
Edmund Halley
Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
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C.
Norman Robert Pogson
Norman Robert Pogson was a 19th-century English astronomer best known for defining the modern stellar magnitude scale and for his extensive observations and discoveries of asteroids and variable stars.
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D.
Francis Baily
Francis Baily was a prominent 19th-century English astronomer best known for his detailed observations of solar eclipses, including the phenomenon now called "Baily's beads."
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E.
William Herschel
William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and pioneering deep-sky surveys of the night sky.
- 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: John Horrocks (astronomer) Triple: [Horrocks, hasNotableBearer, John Horrocks (astronomer)]
Generated description
John Horrocks was a 17th-century English astronomer and mathematician noted for his early observation of a transit of Venus and his contributions to improving astronomical measurements.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Horrocks (astronomer) Target entity description: John Horrocks was a 17th-century English astronomer and mathematician noted for his early observation of a transit of Venus and his contributions to improving astronomical measurements.
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A.
John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
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B.
Edmund Halley
Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
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C.
Norman Robert Pogson
Norman Robert Pogson was a 19th-century English astronomer best known for defining the modern stellar magnitude scale and for his extensive observations and discoveries of asteroids and variable stars.
-
D.
Francis Baily
Francis Baily was a prominent 19th-century English astronomer best known for his detailed observations of solar eclipses, including the phenomenon now called "Baily's beads."
-
E.
William Herschel
William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and pioneering deep-sky surveys of the night sky.
- 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d970242bd48190941cbae0315ebc3d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f69bac0c1081909217d865aa8bf9a3 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f69cc60c488190a5a71e25c075e9ff |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f69d845a9081909b40562825c1c500 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:37 p.m.