Triple
T19831167
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NGC |
E476463
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessorCompiledBy |
P137488
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Herschel |
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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: John Herschel | Statement: [NGC, predecessorCompiledBy, John Herschel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Herschel Context triple: [NGC, predecessorCompiledBy, John Herschel]
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A.
John Herschel
chosen
John Herschel was a 19th-century English astronomer, mathematician, and polymath known for his extensive cataloging of stars and nebulae and for making significant contributions to photography and the study of light.
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B.
Isaac Roberts
Isaac Roberts was a pioneering 19th-century British amateur astronomer and astrophotographer known for his early deep-sky photographs that significantly advanced astronomical imaging.
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C.
Francis Baily
Francis Baily was a prominent 19th-century English astronomer best known for his detailed observations of solar eclipses, including the phenomenon now called "Baily's beads."
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D.
James Dunlop
James Dunlop was a 19th-century Scottish-born astronomer known for his extensive cataloging of southern sky deep-sky objects while working in Australia.
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E.
James Dunlop
James Dunlop was a prominent 19th-century American jurist who served as a judge on the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
- 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: predecessorCompiledBy Context triple: [NGC, predecessorCompiledBy, John Herschel]
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A.
predecessorName
Indicates that the value is the name of an entity that directly precedes another in an ordered sequence or lineage.
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B.
predecessor
Indicates that one entity comes before another in an ordered sequence or succession.
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C.
predecessorCompanion
Indicates that one entity previously served as a companion or partner to another entity before the current or referenced companion.
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D.
predecessorCode
Indicates that one code directly precedes another code in a defined sequence or versioning order.
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E.
predecessorUnit
Indicates that one unit directly precedes another in an ordered sequence or hierarchy.
- 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_69d8e51c7c188190b926f3a2a7b5f881 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e656ce68b48190aa25b29d0b6ea021 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:39 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e5305bda388190a23b7191768107b1 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69e532bcf41c8190b685b5adf46a60fc |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:53 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:50 p.m.