Triple

T1541380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paranal Observatory E32872 entity
Predicate hasSurveyTelescope P30173 FINISHED
Object VISTA
VISTA is a wide-field infrared survey telescope located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed to map the southern sky in unprecedented detail.
E176206 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: VISTA | Statement: [Paranal Observatory, hasSurveyTelescope, VISTA]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VISTA
Context triple: [Paranal Observatory, hasSurveyTelescope, VISTA]
  • A. VISTA
    VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) is a national service program in the United States that places volunteers in low-income communities to help alleviate poverty and build local capacity.
  • B. Gaia observatory
    The Gaia observatory is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to create the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way by measuring the positions, distances, and motions of over a billion stars.
  • C. Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
    The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
  • D. SOFIA
    SOFIA is the Food and Agriculture Organization’s flagship biennial report that provides comprehensive analyses and statistics on the status, trends, and policy issues of global fisheries and aquaculture.
  • E. Baade’s Window
    Baade’s Window is a relatively dust-free region of the Milky Way’s central bulge that provides a clear observational “window” for studying the galaxy’s core and its stellar populations.
  • 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: VISTA
Triple: [Paranal Observatory, hasSurveyTelescope, VISTA]
Generated description
VISTA is a wide-field infrared survey telescope located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed to map the southern sky in unprecedented detail.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VISTA
Target entity description: VISTA is a wide-field infrared survey telescope located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, designed to map the southern sky in unprecedented detail.
  • A. VISTA
    VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) is a national service program in the United States that places volunteers in low-income communities to help alleviate poverty and build local capacity.
  • B. Gaia observatory
    The Gaia observatory is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to create the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way by measuring the positions, distances, and motions of over a billion stars.
  • C. Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
    The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
  • D. SOFIA
    SOFIA is the Food and Agriculture Organization’s flagship biennial report that provides comprehensive analyses and statistics on the status, trends, and policy issues of global fisheries and aquaculture.
  • E. Baade’s Window
    Baade’s Window is a relatively dust-free region of the Milky Way’s central bulge that provides a clear observational “window” for studying the galaxy’s core and its stellar populations.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasSurveyTelescope
Context triple: [Paranal Observatory, hasSurveyTelescope, VISTA]
  • A. usesSurveyPoint
    Indicates that an entity relies on or references a specific survey point as a positional or measurement basis in its activity or relationship.
  • B. surveyMode
    Indicates the method or format by which a survey is administered or conducted (e.g., online, phone, in-person).
  • C. surveyedFor
    Indicates that one entity has been examined, questioned, or assessed in order to gather information specifically about another entity or topic.
  • D. surveyBand
    Indicates that an entity conducts or is associated with a survey using a specific observational band or frequency range.
  • E. surveySystemType
    Indicates the type or category of system used to conduct or manage a survey.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a885ed29088190a3c2d5a3d100c16e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa95c1a2948190a2b98469afec1a7d completed March 6, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad309baebc81908240a0370bad9935 completed March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad3117b49881908916e7137f8b655c completed March 8, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad3179b0148190b69b16b5d2051ece completed March 8, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a907b2453c8190a41f6b88c8217d1e completed March 5, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a93df847cc8190b6d011af33b34b40 completed March 5, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.