Triple
T20662874
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alvan Clark |
E507800
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveryWith |
P28555
|
FINISHED |
| Object | 18.5-inch Dearborn refractor |
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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: 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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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.
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B.
discoveryTarget
Indicates that one entity is the object, subject, or focus that another entity discovers or aims to discover.
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C.
discovery
Indicates the event or process by which one entity finds, uncovers, or identifies something previously unknown or unrecognized.
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D.
sharedDiscoveryWith
Indicates that two or more entities jointly participated in, contributed to, or are mutually associated with the same discovery.
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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.