Triple
T19558478
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vesto Melvin Slipher |
E489378
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Slipher |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Slipher | Statement: [Vesto Melvin Slipher, familyName, Slipher]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slipher Context triple: [Vesto Melvin Slipher, familyName, Slipher]
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A.
Vesto Melvin Slipher
chosen
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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B.
Barnard
Barnard is a surname and given name of English and French origin, borne by various notable individuals and institutions.
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C.
Schisgal
Schisgal is the surname of Murray Schisgal, an American playwright and screenwriter best known for co-writing the film "Tootsie."
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D.
Sharpless
Sharpless is the surname of K. Barry Sharpless, an American chemist renowned for his Nobel Prize–winning work in asymmetric synthesis and click chemistry.
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E.
Sharpless
Sharpless is the American consul in Nagasaki who serves as a sympathetic but ultimately powerless observer of the tragic events in Puccini’s opera *Madama Butterfly*.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8e8dc5d8c8190a6d7bd8864f43ca0 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e63f723d5081909553a4363b579a6b |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.