Triple
T21330425
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NGC 4406 |
E525882
|
entity |
| Predicate | catalog |
P20407
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Messier Catalogue |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Messier Catalogue | Statement: [NGC 4406, catalog, Messier Catalogue]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Messier Catalogue Context triple: [NGC 4406, catalog, Messier Catalogue]
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A.
Messier catalogue
chosen
The Messier catalogue is an 18th-century list of 110 notable deep-sky objects, such as star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies, compiled by French astronomer Charles Messier to help astronomers distinguish them from comets.
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B.
Messier
Messier is a French-origin surname most famously associated with Canadian ice hockey legend Mark Messier.
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C.
Sharpless catalogue
The Sharpless catalogue is an astronomical listing of H II regions and emission nebulae in the Milky Way, compiled by American astronomer Stewart Sharpless.
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D.
Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
The Cape Photographic Durchmusterung is a major late-19th-century photographic star catalog that systematically surveyed the southern sky and significantly expanded knowledge of southern hemisphere stars.
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E.
Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
The Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars is a major astronomical catalog that expanded and supplemented the New General Catalogue (NGC) with thousands of additional deep-sky objects, becoming a foundational reference for observational astronomy.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b51b90788190a4dd823d962626da |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7ab5177dc8190b888351e9a45b45f |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:52 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:42 p.m.