Triple
T20749007
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McDonald Observatory |
E510667
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasTelescope |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Otto Struve Telescope |
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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: Otto Struve Telescope | Statement: [McDonald Observatory, hasTelescope, Otto Struve Telescope]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Struve Telescope Context triple: [McDonald Observatory, hasTelescope, Otto Struve Telescope]
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A.
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.
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B.
Burrell Schmidt Telescope
The Burrell Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for deep imaging of galaxies and faint astronomical structures, located at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.
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C.
Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope
The Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope is a 4-meter-class optical telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, widely used for large-scale astronomical surveys and cosmological research.
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D.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
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E.
Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Struve Telescope Target entity description: The Otto Struve Telescope is a historic 2.1-meter reflecting telescope at McDonald Observatory in Texas, notable for being one of the largest telescopes in the world when it began operation in the late 1930s.
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A.
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.
-
B.
Burrell Schmidt Telescope
The Burrell Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for deep imaging of galaxies and faint astronomical structures, located at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.
-
C.
Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope
The Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope is a 4-meter-class optical telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, widely used for large-scale astronomical surveys and cosmological research.
-
D.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
-
E.
Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e0b4c845e88190b4c5f3ae79291182 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c228af288190a20829d45c034c24 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:34 p.m.