Triple

T15738824
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject R. S. McMillan E381548 entity
Predicate discovered P412 FINISHED
Object trans-Neptunian object Varuna
Trans-Neptunian object Varuna is a large Kuiper Belt body notable for its rapid rotation, elongated shape, and status as one of the brighter known objects beyond Neptune.
 E1173802 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: trans-Neptunian object Varuna | Statement: [R. S. McMillan, discovered, trans-Neptunian object Varuna]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: trans-Neptunian object Varuna
Context triple: [R. S. McMillan, discovered, trans-Neptunian object Varuna]
  • A. dwarf planet Orcus
    Dwarf planet Orcus is a large Kuiper Belt object beyond Neptune, often compared to Pluto for its similar orbit and characteristics, and is accompanied by its moon Vanth.
  • B. Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
    Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth is a distant, bilobed trans-Neptunian world famously visited and imaged in detail by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft after its Pluto flyby.
  • C. Quaoar
    Quaoar is a large, distant trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its nearly circular orbit and for having a small moon named Weywot.
  • D. Sedna
    Sedna is a distant, icy minor planet with an extremely elongated orbit that takes it far beyond the Kuiper Belt into the outermost reaches of the Solar System.
  • E. Makemake
    Makemake is a large, icy dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, known for its extremely cold surface and status as one of the most massive objects beyond Neptune.
  • 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: trans-Neptunian object Varuna
Triple: [R. S. McMillan, discovered, trans-Neptunian object Varuna]
Generated description
Trans-Neptunian object Varuna is a large Kuiper Belt body notable for its rapid rotation, elongated shape, and status as one of the brighter known objects beyond Neptune.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: trans-Neptunian object Varuna
Target entity description: Trans-Neptunian object Varuna is a large Kuiper Belt body notable for its rapid rotation, elongated shape, and status as one of the brighter known objects beyond Neptune.
  • A. dwarf planet Orcus
    Dwarf planet Orcus is a large Kuiper Belt object beyond Neptune, often compared to Pluto for its similar orbit and characteristics, and is accompanied by its moon Vanth.
  • B. Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
    Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth is a distant, bilobed trans-Neptunian world famously visited and imaged in detail by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft after its Pluto flyby.
  • C. Quaoar
    Quaoar is a large, distant trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its nearly circular orbit and for having a small moon named Weywot.
  • D. Sedna
    Sedna is a distant, icy minor planet with an extremely elongated orbit that takes it far beyond the Kuiper Belt into the outermost reaches of the Solar System.
  • E. Makemake
    Makemake is a large, icy dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, known for its extremely cold surface and status as one of the most massive objects beyond Neptune.
  • 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_69d86d9cdb648190bf3171be0bd7d872 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04fd816308190a297986ee7e5554c completed April 16, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff830336248190a8bbd8153dd95daa completed May 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff83ca33d08190816130bf2ea735df completed May 9, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff8469354c819080b8cfddb7c66be5 completed May 9, 2026, 7 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.