Triple
T18257617
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hubble constant |
E437255
|
entity |
| Predicate | wasFirstEstimatedBy |
P131051
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Edwin Hubble |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Edwin Hubble | Statement: [Hubble constant, wasFirstEstimatedBy, Edwin Hubble]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin Hubble Context triple: [Hubble constant, wasFirstEstimatedBy, Edwin Hubble]
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A.
Edwin Hubble
chosen
Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer whose observations of galaxies and the expanding universe fundamentally transformed modern cosmology.
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B.
Milton Humason
Milton Humason was an American astronomer who, despite lacking formal education, became a key collaborator of Edwin Hubble and made crucial spectroscopic observations that helped establish the evidence for the expanding universe.
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C.
Heber Doust Curtis
Heber Doust Curtis was an American astronomer best known for his role in the 1920 "Great Debate" over the nature of spiral nebulae and the scale of the universe.
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D.
Harlow Shapley
Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer best known for mapping the Milky Way’s size and structure and determining the Sun’s position within the galaxy.
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E.
Allan R. Sandage
Allan R. Sandage was a prominent American astronomer known for his pioneering work on the expansion rate of the universe, the cosmic distance scale, and the age of the cosmos.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: wasFirstEstimatedBy Context triple: [Hubble constant, wasFirstEstimatedBy, Edwin Hubble]
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A.
wasFirst
Indicates that one entity occurred, appeared, or held a position before another in time or sequence.
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B.
areEstimatedIn
Indicates that a value or quantity is approximated or inferred within a specified context, framework, or unit.
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C.
wasFirstApprovedIn
Indicates the time or context in which something (such as a proposal, product, or document) received its initial official approval.
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D.
wasFirstOf
Indicates that the subject is the earliest or initial instance in a series, sequence, or group of similar entities or events.
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E.
estimatedStartDate
Indicates the date on which something is expected or planned to begin, based on current information or projections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (4 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_69d8b913351c8190932b6a426de04b41 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4fd86e21081909c049082949b95c6 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:06 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e44fcdee748190bae6fb76e0cb22f3 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:45 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69e451a0ba208190a5fe92832a8f7a49 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:34 a.m.