Triple

T12955532
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nicolas de Lacaille E310000 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets is an 18th-century astronomical reference work by Nicolas de Lacaille that provides calculated positions and motions of major celestial bodies for use in observation and navigation.
E1011275 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: Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets | Statement: [Nicolas de Lacaille, notableWork, Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
Context triple: [Nicolas de Lacaille, notableWork, Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets]
  • A. Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
    The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.
  • B. Rudolphine Tables
    The Rudolphine Tables are a landmark 17th-century star catalog and set of astronomical tables compiled by Johannes Kepler, renowned for their unprecedented accuracy in predicting planetary positions.
  • C. Alfonsine Tables
    The Alfonsine Tables are a set of medieval astronomical tables, compiled under the patronage of Alfonso X of Castile in the 13th century, that provided planetary positions and were widely used in Europe for centuries.
  • D. Ephemerides
    Ephemerides is a 15th-century astronomical table compiled by Regiomontanus that provided highly accurate planetary positions and became a foundational tool for navigation and astronomy in early modern Europe.
  • E. Gauss’s planetary equations
    Gauss’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how a planet’s orbital elements change over time under the influence of perturbing forces.
  • 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: Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
Triple: [Nicolas de Lacaille, notableWork, Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets]
Generated description
Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets is an 18th-century astronomical reference work by Nicolas de Lacaille that provides calculated positions and motions of major celestial bodies for use in observation and navigation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
Target entity description: Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets is an 18th-century astronomical reference work by Nicolas de Lacaille that provides calculated positions and motions of major celestial bodies for use in observation and navigation.
  • A. Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
    The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.
  • B. Rudolphine Tables
    The Rudolphine Tables are a landmark 17th-century star catalog and set of astronomical tables compiled by Johannes Kepler, renowned for their unprecedented accuracy in predicting planetary positions.
  • C. Alfonsine Tables
    The Alfonsine Tables are a set of medieval astronomical tables, compiled under the patronage of Alfonso X of Castile in the 13th century, that provided planetary positions and were widely used in Europe for centuries.
  • D. Ephemerides
    Ephemerides is a 15th-century astronomical table compiled by Regiomontanus that provided highly accurate planetary positions and became a foundational tool for navigation and astronomy in early modern Europe.
  • E. Gauss’s planetary equations
    Gauss’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how a planet’s orbital elements change over time under the influence of perturbing forces.
  • 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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e2b0108819098a681f93e90dbda completed April 10, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af7ba4d88190952622e7a07ab39e completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b066f3888190b925e5a43be57965 completed May 3, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b1aa191081908266128776a2147a completed May 3, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:44 p.m.