Triple

T20662874
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alvan Clark E507800 entity
Predicate discoveryWith P28555 FINISHED
Object 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor 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: 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor | Statement: [Alvan Clark, discoveryWith, 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor
Context triple: [Alvan Clark, discoveryWith, 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor]
  • A. 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor objective chosen
    The 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor objective is a historically significant large-aperture telescope lens crafted by renowned 19th-century American optician Alvan Clark for the Dearborn Observatory.
  • B. 11-inch Clark refractor
    The 11-inch Clark refractor is a historic, high-quality refracting telescope built by Alvan Clark & Sons, notable for its role in pioneering astrophotographic and spectroscopic observations in the late 19th century.
  • C. Lick 36-inch refracting telescope
    The Lick 36-inch refracting telescope is a historic large-aperture refractor renowned for its pioneering late-19th-century astronomical observations and status as one of the world’s largest refracting telescopes.
  • D. Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope
    The Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope is a small wide-field survey instrument at Palomar Observatory historically used for photographic sky surveys and the discovery of comets and asteroids.
  • E. Dall–Kirkham telescope
    The Dall–Kirkham telescope is a reflecting telescope design that uses an elliptical primary mirror and spherical secondary mirror to provide good on-axis performance with relatively simple, economical optics.
  • 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: discoveryWith
Context triple: [Alvan Clark, discoveryWith, 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor]
  • A. discoveredWith chosen
    Indicates that one entity was found, detected, or identified using another entity as the means, tool, method, or accompanying context of discovery.
  • B. discoveryTarget
    Indicates that one entity is the object, subject, or focus that another entity discovers or aims to discover.
  • C. discovery
    Indicates the event or process by which one entity finds, uncovers, or identifies something previously unknown or unrecognized.
  • D. sharedDiscoveryWith
    Indicates that two or more entities jointly participated in, contributed to, or are mutually associated with the same discovery.
  • E. discoveredAs
    Indicates that one entity was first identified, found, or recognized in the role or form specified by another entity.
  • 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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6b2f4872481908858eb88ce89dd47 completed April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e5c0315f5081908098707c6455e56e completed April 20, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.