Triple
T20612921
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Messier 41 |
E506490
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveryIndependentlyReportedBy |
P27994
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Flamsteed |
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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 Flamsteed | Statement: [Messier 41, discoveryIndependentlyReportedBy, John Flamsteed]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Flamsteed Context triple: [Messier 41, discoveryIndependentlyReportedBy, John Flamsteed]
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A.
John Flamsteed
chosen
John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
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B.
Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne
Nevil Maskelyne was an 18th-century British Astronomer Royal renowned for improving navigation at sea through his work on lunar distance methods and the publication of the Nautical Almanac.
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C.
John Horrocks (astronomer)
John Horrocks was a 17th-century English astronomer and mathematician noted for his early observation of a transit of Venus and his contributions to improving astronomical measurements.
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D.
Edmund Halley
Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
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E.
James Gregory
James Gregory was a 17th-century Scottish mathematician known for pioneering work in calculus and infinite series, including early formulations of Taylor-like expansions.
- 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: discoveryIndependentlyReportedBy Context triple: [Messier 41, discoveryIndependentlyReportedBy, John Flamsteed]
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A.
isDiscoveredBy
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.
discoveredAs
Indicates that one entity was first identified, found, or recognized in the role or form specified by another entity.
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C.
reportsDiscoveryOf
chosen
Indicates that one entity formally announces or documents the finding or uncovering of another entity (typically a new object, fact, or phenomenon).
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D.
inspiredDiscoveryOf
Indicates that one entity’s ideas, actions, or work motivated or led directly to another entity’s discovery.
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E.
discoveryConfirmedBy
Indicates that a discovery has been validated or corroborated by a particular source, authority, or piece of evidence.
- 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_69e0b4bb2b4081908fa4a72444120f35 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6aad94dac8190921c7769a649c724 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:38 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e5a00c43308190b7ea58d559257e07 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:39 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:41 a.m.