Triple
T18695597
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Messier 87 |
E457106
|
entity |
| Predicate | jetDiscoveredBy |
P113006
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Heber Curtis |
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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: Heber Curtis | Statement: [Messier 87, jetDiscoveredBy, Heber Curtis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heber Curtis Context triple: [Messier 87, jetDiscoveredBy, Heber Curtis]
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A.
Heber Doust Curtis
chosen
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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B.
Vesto Melvin Slipher
Vesto Melvin Slipher was an American astronomer best known for his pioneering measurements of galaxy redshifts, which provided early evidence for the expansion of the universe.
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C.
Bart Bok
Bart Bok was a Dutch-American astronomer renowned for his work on the structure of the Milky Way and the study of dark Bok globules in interstellar space.
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D.
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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E.
A. S. Abell
A. S. Abell was an American publisher best known as the founder of the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
- 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: jetDiscoveredBy Context triple: [Messier 87, jetDiscoveredBy, Heber Curtis]
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A.
isDiscoveredBy
chosen
Indicates that something (such as an object, fact, or phenomenon) is found, identified, or revealed by a particular agent or entity.
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B.
wasDiscoveredAt
Indicates that an entity was found, identified, or uncovered at a specific place or during a particular event or context.
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C.
subjectOfDiscovery
Indicates that an entity is the topic, object, or focus that has been discovered in a discovery event or process.
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D.
discoveryConfirmedBy
Indicates that a discovery has been validated or corroborated by a particular source, authority, or piece of evidence.
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E.
discoveredByAviation
Indicates that something was found, identified, or revealed through the use of aviation methods, technologies, or activities.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69d8d391eb488190ac2e9abf5bf255e4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e562e775408190996b4c613b83f185 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e478de85088190ba5f005f1d39f587 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m.