Triple
T18458223
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 28978 Ixion |
E450959
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Marc W. Buie |
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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: Marc W. Buie | Statement: [28978 Ixion, discoveredBy, Marc W. Buie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc W. Buie Context triple: [28978 Ixion, discoveredBy, Marc W. Buie]
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A.
Mark R. Showalter
Mark R. Showalter is an American planetary astronomer known for discovering several moons and rings in the outer solar system and for his work on planetary ring dynamics.
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B.
David J. Tholen
David J. Tholen is an American astronomer known for his work in planetary science and the discovery and characterization of small bodies and ring systems in the Solar System.
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C.
Scott S. Sheppard
Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
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D.
Robert J. Cenker
Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
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E.
David C. Jewitt
David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc W. Buie Target entity description: Marc W. Buie is an American astronomer known for his discoveries and detailed studies of Kuiper Belt objects and other small bodies in the outer Solar System.
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A.
Mark R. Showalter
Mark R. Showalter is an American planetary astronomer known for discovering several moons and rings in the outer solar system and for his work on planetary ring dynamics.
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B.
David J. Tholen
David J. Tholen is an American astronomer known for his work in planetary science and the discovery and characterization of small bodies and ring systems in the Solar System.
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C.
Scott S. Sheppard
Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
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D.
Robert J. Cenker
Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
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E.
David C. Jewitt
David C. Jewitt is a British-American astronomer best known for co-discovering the first Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto, helping to reveal the Kuiper Belt as a major component of the solar system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8d38345688190b565eac2e4cd7935 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e52a7c18d88190ac17f58111722223 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:31 a.m.