Triple
T17226795
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | WMAP Team |
E418134
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name)
David Todd Wilkinson was an influential American cosmologist and Princeton University physicist whose pioneering work in measuring the cosmic microwave background radiation helped lay the foundations for modern observational cosmology.
|
E418613
|
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: David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name) | Statement: [WMAP Team, namedAfter, David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name) Context triple: [WMAP Team, namedAfter, David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name)]
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A.
WMAP Team
The WMAP Team is the group of scientists behind the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission, which precisely mapped the cosmic microwave background and revolutionized our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
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B.
WMAP
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) was a NASA space observatory that precisely mapped the cosmic microwave background radiation, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
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C.
George F. Smoot
George F. Smoot is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided strong evidence for the Big Bang theory.
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D.
John C. Mather
John C. Mather is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist, Nobel Prize laureate, and a leading scientist behind NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) mission that helped confirm the Big Bang theory.
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E.
Planck spacecraft
The Planck spacecraft was a European Space Agency space observatory designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation with unprecedented precision to improve our understanding of the early universe and cosmology.
- 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: David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name) Triple: [WMAP Team, namedAfter, David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name)]
Generated description
David Todd Wilkinson was an influential American cosmologist and Princeton University physicist whose pioneering work in measuring the cosmic microwave background radiation helped lay the foundations for modern observational cosmology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name) Target entity description: David Todd Wilkinson was an influential American cosmologist and Princeton University physicist whose pioneering work in measuring the cosmic microwave background radiation helped lay the foundations for modern observational cosmology.
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A.
WMAP Team
The WMAP Team is the group of scientists behind the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission, which precisely mapped the cosmic microwave background and revolutionized our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
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B.
WMAP
chosen
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) was a NASA space observatory that precisely mapped the cosmic microwave background radiation, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
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C.
George F. Smoot
George F. Smoot is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided strong evidence for the Big Bang theory.
-
D.
John C. Mather
John C. Mather is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist, Nobel Prize laureate, and a leading scientist behind NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) mission that helped confirm the Big Bang theory.
-
E.
Planck spacecraft
The Planck spacecraft was a European Space Agency space observatory designed to study the cosmic microwave background radiation with unprecedented precision to improve our understanding of the early universe and cosmology.
- F. None of above.
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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42de1674c81909ca9e87fa9153640 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01675cc70881909cf39b2e229f5d1e |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a016a5f58408190b42a8da742aa2f5b |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a016b0e72588190b1ba2b45f0425d3d |
completed | May 11, 2026, 5:37 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.