Triple
T14845723
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Explorer 3 |
E349081
|
entity |
| Predicate | principalInvestigator |
P2805
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Van Allen |
E70221
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James Van Allen | Statement: [Explorer 3, principalInvestigator, James Van Allen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Van Allen Context triple: [Explorer 3, principalInvestigator, James Van Allen]
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A.
James A. Van Allen
chosen
James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
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B.
William Henry Pickering
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
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C.
Gerard P. Kuiper
Gerard P. Kuiper was a Dutch-American astronomer and planetary scientist regarded as a founding figure of modern planetary astronomy, with the Kuiper Belt named in his honor.
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D.
Allan Nunn May
Allan Nunn May was a British physicist who became one of the first and most significant atomic spies, passing nuclear secrets from the UK to the Soviet Union during and after World War II.
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E.
Fred Lawrence Whipple
Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer best known for his work on comets, including proposing the "dirty snowball" model of their composition.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d822ec69008190a9232caa68836872 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded291103c8190a64cfe700bfee197 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe9dbf1f5c8190ad4626d14e0d8109 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:53 a.m.