Triple

T13377762
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cosmic Background Explorer E319232 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Explorer 66
Explorer 66, better known as the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), is a NASA satellite launched in 1989 that made landmark measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory.
E1036261 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: Explorer 66 | Statement: [Cosmic Background Explorer, alsoKnownAs, Explorer 66]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explorer 66
Context triple: [Cosmic Background Explorer, alsoKnownAs, Explorer 66]
  • A. Explorer 71
    Explorer 71 is a NASA Explorer-series scientific satellite better known as the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), designed to study energetic particles from the Sun, the interplanetary medium, and galactic sources.
  • B. Explorer 6
    Explorer 6 was an early NASA Earth-orbiting satellite launched in 1959 that returned some of the first images of Earth from space and studied the planet’s radiation environment.
  • C. Voyager 6
    Voyager 6 is a fictional deep-space probe from the Star Trek universe that evolves into the powerful entity known as V’Ger after being transformed by an advanced machine civilization.
  • D. Explorer 49
    Explorer 49 was a NASA lunar-orbiting radio astronomy satellite launched in 1973 to study low-frequency radio emissions from space.
  • E. The Explorer
    The Explorer is the adventurous mascot representing La Salle University's spirit of discovery and exploration.
  • 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: Explorer 66
Triple: [Cosmic Background Explorer, alsoKnownAs, Explorer 66]
Generated description
Explorer 66, better known as the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), is a NASA satellite launched in 1989 that made landmark measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explorer 66
Target entity description: Explorer 66, better known as the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), is a NASA satellite launched in 1989 that made landmark measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory.
  • A. Explorer 71
    Explorer 71 is a NASA Explorer-series scientific satellite better known as the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), designed to study energetic particles from the Sun, the interplanetary medium, and galactic sources.
  • B. Explorer 6
    Explorer 6 was an early NASA Earth-orbiting satellite launched in 1959 that returned some of the first images of Earth from space and studied the planet’s radiation environment.
  • C. Voyager 6
    Voyager 6 is a fictional deep-space probe from the Star Trek universe that evolves into the powerful entity known as V’Ger after being transformed by an advanced machine civilization.
  • D. Explorer 49
    Explorer 49 was a NASA lunar-orbiting radio astronomy satellite launched in 1973 to study low-frequency radio emissions from space.
  • E. The Explorer
    The Explorer is the adventurous mascot representing La Salle University's spirit of discovery and exploration.
  • 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_69d806b886bc8190b676e7768b8e01c5 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dadce56c6c8190adf4e19f6d1bc233 completed April 11, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f726893a8c8190b26b5f7c7fb96f1f completed May 3, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7276776ec81908769cd9f1cc4707e completed May 3, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7280cbb6c819090bee7862e00b900 completed May 3, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:33 p.m.