Triple

T1342717
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hyperion E28501 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object William Cranch Bond
William Cranch Bond was a 19th-century American astronomer and the first director of the Harvard College Observatory, noted for his pioneering observational work and several important celestial discoveries.
E154026 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: William Cranch Bond | Statement: [Hyperion, discoveredBy, William Cranch Bond]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cranch Bond
Context triple: [Hyperion, discoveredBy, William Cranch Bond]
  • A. Henry Draper
    Henry Draper was a pioneering 19th-century American physician and astronomer renowned for his early work in astrophotography and stellar spectroscopy, which laid the groundwork for modern stellar classification.
  • B. James Edward Keeler
    James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
  • C. Edward Charles Pickering
    Edward Charles Pickering was a pioneering American astronomer and longtime director of the Harvard College Observatory, known for his major contributions to stellar spectroscopy and the classification of stars.
  • D. William Cranch
    William Cranch was an early American jurist who served as Chief Judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of the District of Columbia and was known for reporting and compiling decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • E. George Willis Ritchey
    George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope designer renowned for pioneering advanced reflecting telescope technologies in the early 20th century.
  • 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: William Cranch Bond
Triple: [Hyperion, discoveredBy, William Cranch Bond]
Generated description
William Cranch Bond was a 19th-century American astronomer and the first director of the Harvard College Observatory, noted for his pioneering observational work and several important celestial discoveries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cranch Bond
Target entity description: William Cranch Bond was a 19th-century American astronomer and the first director of the Harvard College Observatory, noted for his pioneering observational work and several important celestial discoveries.
  • A. Henry Draper
    Henry Draper was a pioneering 19th-century American physician and astronomer renowned for his early work in astrophotography and stellar spectroscopy, which laid the groundwork for modern stellar classification.
  • B. James Edward Keeler
    James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
  • C. Edward Charles Pickering
    Edward Charles Pickering was a pioneering American astronomer and longtime director of the Harvard College Observatory, known for his major contributions to stellar spectroscopy and the classification of stars.
  • D. William Cranch
    William Cranch was an early American jurist who served as Chief Judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of the District of Columbia and was known for reporting and compiling decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • E. George Willis Ritchey
    George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope designer renowned for pioneering advanced reflecting telescope technologies in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69a49854eb3481908c7d56b2e449a290 completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c2174d048190a6e9380df302265f completed March 1, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acc632cbc88190a64897f1b101c699 completed March 8, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acc6dbd80881908d640ee204ce9a12 completed March 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc8199f508190a86c18ad9085d341 completed March 8, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.