Triple

T14589533
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Flamsteed E342406 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Margaret Flamsteed
Margaret Flamsteed was the wife of the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, and is chiefly known through her association with his life and work.
E1107749 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: Margaret Flamsteed | Statement: [John Flamsteed, spouse, Margaret Flamsteed]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Flamsteed
Context triple: [John Flamsteed, spouse, Margaret Flamsteed]
  • A. Caroline Herschel
    Caroline Herschel was a pioneering German-born British astronomer renowned for her discovery of several comets and for being one of the first women to receive recognition in the field of astronomy.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel
    Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel was the wife of British astronomer Sir John Herschel and the mother of his twelve children, known for managing the family’s domestic and social life during his scientific career.
  • D. Mary Pitt Herschel
    Mary Pitt Herschel was the wife of astronomer William Herschel and a member of the prominent Herschel family associated with major advances in astronomy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. Margaret Maskelyne
    Margaret Maskelyne was the wife of British colonial figure Robert Clive and a member of a prominent 18th-century English family that included the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
  • 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: Margaret Flamsteed
Triple: [John Flamsteed, spouse, Margaret Flamsteed]
Generated description
Margaret Flamsteed was the wife of the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, and is chiefly known through her association with his life and work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Flamsteed
Target entity description: Margaret Flamsteed was the wife of the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, and is chiefly known through her association with his life and work.
  • A. Caroline Herschel
    Caroline Herschel was a pioneering German-born British astronomer renowned for her discovery of several comets and for being one of the first women to receive recognition in the field of astronomy.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel
    Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel was the wife of British astronomer Sir John Herschel and the mother of his twelve children, known for managing the family’s domestic and social life during his scientific career.
  • D. Mary Pitt Herschel
    Mary Pitt Herschel was the wife of astronomer William Herschel and a member of the prominent Herschel family associated with major advances in astronomy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. Margaret Maskelyne
    Margaret Maskelyne was the wife of British colonial figure Robert Clive and a member of a prominent 18th-century English family that included the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
  • 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_69d822ddc0f081909cd8163c7de298cd completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb4237d88819097f3f9a40f5be152 completed April 14, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd94c1768881909eebb0dae15ac964 completed May 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd95e381948190b162cdd61b4dc353 completed May 8, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd96b9728081909404c21370bde85b completed May 8, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:24 a.m.