Triple

T16549852
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kitt Peak National Observatory E402041 entity
Predicate hasTelescope P35 FINISHED
Object McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope
The McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope is a large, historic solar observatory on Kitt Peak in Arizona, notable for its distinctive inclined shaft design and its role in pioneering solar and planetary infrared observations.
E1219411 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: McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope | Statement: [Kitt Peak National Observatory, hasTelescope, McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope
Context triple: [Kitt Peak National Observatory, hasTelescope, McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope]
  • A. GREGOR solar telescope
    The GREGOR solar telescope is a large ground-based solar observatory in the Canary Islands designed for high-resolution studies of the Sun’s surface and magnetic fields.
  • B. Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field survey telescope at Palomar Observatory renowned for its major contributions to sky surveys and the discovery of numerous astronomical objects.
  • C. Magellan Clay Telescope
    The Magellan Clay Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, used for cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomical research.
  • D. Palomar 60-inch Telescope
    The Palomar 60-inch Telescope is a 1.5-meter-class reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory used primarily for optical imaging and time-domain astronomy.
  • E. Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope is a small wide-field survey instrument at Palomar Observatory historically used for photographic sky surveys and the discovery of comets and asteroids.
  • 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: McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope
Triple: [Kitt Peak National Observatory, hasTelescope, McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope]
Generated description
The McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope is a large, historic solar observatory on Kitt Peak in Arizona, notable for its distinctive inclined shaft design and its role in pioneering solar and planetary infrared observations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope
Target entity description: The McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope is a large, historic solar observatory on Kitt Peak in Arizona, notable for its distinctive inclined shaft design and its role in pioneering solar and planetary infrared observations.
  • A. GREGOR solar telescope
    The GREGOR solar telescope is a large ground-based solar observatory in the Canary Islands designed for high-resolution studies of the Sun’s surface and magnetic fields.
  • B. Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field survey telescope at Palomar Observatory renowned for its major contributions to sky surveys and the discovery of numerous astronomical objects.
  • C. Magellan Clay Telescope
    The Magellan Clay Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, used for cutting-edge optical and infrared astronomical research.
  • D. Palomar 60-inch Telescope
    The Palomar 60-inch Telescope is a 1.5-meter-class reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory used primarily for optical imaging and time-domain astronomy.
  • E. Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope is a small wide-field survey instrument at Palomar Observatory historically used for photographic sky surveys and the discovery of comets and asteroids.
  • 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_69d88384bc30819084229e7dcdc39a41 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e34fc451dc8190b571d5010f4017f4 completed April 18, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0067b6ca44819085145eb48356e7b4 completed May 10, 2026, 11:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00687d228081909d0a39f2c23d4e4d completed May 10, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a006907419881909e8f71714bbe054a completed May 10, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:15 a.m.