Triple

T16754981
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karl Guthe Jansky E407184 entity
Predicate hasUnitNamedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object jansky
The jansky is a non-SI unit of spectral flux density widely used in radio astronomy to quantify the strength of celestial radio sources.
 E1231868 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: jansky | Statement: [Karl Guthe Jansky, hasUnitNamedAfter, jansky]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: jansky
Context triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, hasUnitNamedAfter, jansky]
  • A. Jac
    Jac is the given name of Jac Holzman, the American music executive best known as the founder of Elektra Records.
  • B. Jisp
    Jisp is a small village in the Dutch province of North Holland, known for its historic wooden houses and traditional polder landscape.
  • C. GJ
    GJ is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for vehicles registered in Gjirokastër County, Albania.
  • D. GJ
    GJ is the vehicle registration code assigned to Gorj County in southwestern Romania.
  • E. JASA
    JASA is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes research on the science and applications of acoustics.
  • 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: jansky
Triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, hasUnitNamedAfter, jansky]
Generated description
The jansky is a non-SI unit of spectral flux density widely used in radio astronomy to quantify the strength of celestial radio sources.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: jansky
Target entity description: The jansky is a non-SI unit of spectral flux density widely used in radio astronomy to quantify the strength of celestial radio sources.
  • A. Jac
    Jac is the given name of Jac Holzman, the American music executive best known as the founder of Elektra Records.
  • B. Jisp
    Jisp is a small village in the Dutch province of North Holland, known for its historic wooden houses and traditional polder landscape.
  • C. GJ
    GJ is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for vehicles registered in Gjirokastër County, Albania.
  • D. GJ
    GJ is the vehicle registration code assigned to Gorj County in southwestern Romania.
  • E. JASA
    JASA is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes research on the science and applications of acoustics.
  • 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_69d8839174188190909f190097207065 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3abe6b68c8190a5e2a11973f01b8e completed April 18, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00a525e57881908e9e9453e6d6eb73 completed May 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00a5b3ce848190a73f06d9708bfc85 completed May 10, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00a6734d008190bb0a5aa28826e73a completed May 10, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:21 a.m.