Triple

T14149593
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earth’s outer radiation belt E350639 entity
Predicate isDetectedBy P7243 FINISHED
Object Explorer 4 spacecraft
Explorer 4 was a 1958 NASA satellite that conducted pioneering studies of Earth’s radiation environment, including detailed measurements of the Van Allen belts.
E1081748 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 4 spacecraft | Statement: [Earth’s outer radiation belt, isDetectedBy, Explorer 4 spacecraft]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explorer 4 spacecraft
Context triple: [Earth’s outer radiation belt, isDetectedBy, Explorer 4 spacecraft]
  • A. Explorer 12
    Explorer 12 was an early 1961 NASA scientific satellite that studied Earth’s radiation belts and interplanetary space as part of the Explorer program.
  • 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. Explorer 10
    Explorer 10 was an early NASA scientific satellite launched in 1961 to study Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind in near-Earth space.
  • D. Magellan spacecraft
    The Magellan spacecraft was a NASA robotic probe launched in 1989 that used radar mapping to produce the first detailed global images of the surface of Venus.
  • E. Ulysses spacecraft
    The Ulysses spacecraft was a joint ESA–NASA mission launched in 1990 to study the Sun’s polar regions and the heliosphere from a unique high-inclination orbit.
  • 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 4 spacecraft
Triple: [Earth’s outer radiation belt, isDetectedBy, Explorer 4 spacecraft]
Generated description
Explorer 4 was a 1958 NASA satellite that conducted pioneering studies of Earth’s radiation environment, including detailed measurements of the Van Allen belts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explorer 4 spacecraft
Target entity description: Explorer 4 was a 1958 NASA satellite that conducted pioneering studies of Earth’s radiation environment, including detailed measurements of the Van Allen belts.
  • A. Explorer 12
    Explorer 12 was an early 1961 NASA scientific satellite that studied Earth’s radiation belts and interplanetary space as part of the Explorer program.
  • 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. Explorer 10
    Explorer 10 was an early NASA scientific satellite launched in 1961 to study Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind in near-Earth space.
  • D. Magellan spacecraft
    The Magellan spacecraft was a NASA robotic probe launched in 1989 that used radar mapping to produce the first detailed global images of the surface of Venus.
  • E. Ulysses spacecraft
    The Ulysses spacecraft was a joint ESA–NASA mission launched in 1990 to study the Sun’s polar regions and the heliosphere from a unique high-inclination orbit.
  • 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_69d827865f608190b311820428ae027b completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de61237ef481909374c1f68a2370b7 completed April 14, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcdf205c788190920b5055f9fe63a8 completed May 7, 2026, 6:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fce266b2a08190998f04913064e43f completed May 7, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fce2cd8cb481908e3e5a421e732948 completed May 7, 2026, 7:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:55 a.m.