Triple

T2344785
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Phoebe E45105 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object William Henry Pickering
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
E257498 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: William Henry Pickering | Statement: [Phoebe, discoveredBy, William Henry Pickering]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Pickering
Context triple: [Phoebe, discoveredBy, William Henry Pickering]
  • A. Charles Conrad Abbott
    Charles Conrad Abbott was a 19th-century American archaeologist and naturalist known for his controversial claims about early human presence in North America based on artifacts from the Delaware River Valley.
  • B. James A. Van Allen
    James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
  • C. James Edward Keeler
    James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
  • D. George Willis Ritchey
    George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope designer renowned for pioneering advanced reflecting telescope technologies in the early 20th century.
  • E. Archie Marshek
    Archie Marshek was an American film editor known for his work during Hollywood’s early sound era, including editing the 1932 thriller "The Most Dangerous Game."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: William Henry Pickering
Triple: [Phoebe, discoveredBy, William Henry Pickering]
Generated description
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Pickering
Target entity description: William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
  • A. Charles Conrad Abbott
    Charles Conrad Abbott was a 19th-century American archaeologist and naturalist known for his controversial claims about early human presence in North America based on artifacts from the Delaware River Valley.
  • B. James A. Van Allen
    James A. Van Allen was an American space scientist best known for discovering the Earth's radiation belts, now called the Van Allen belts, and for his pioneering work in early space exploration missions.
  • C. James Edward Keeler
    James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
  • D. George Willis Ritchey
    George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope designer renowned for pioneering advanced reflecting telescope technologies in the early 20th century.
  • E. Archie Marshek
    Archie Marshek was an American film editor known for his work during Hollywood’s early sound era, including editing the 1932 thriller "The Most Dangerous Game."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a88917935081909b755dbf38e81024 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc6afe38c81909deb1de2a1c4eda9 completed March 7, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae9628059481909c96a7661bc87a73 completed March 9, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae9727a28881909eebc67189dfc856 completed March 9, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae9795cf048190bc7a01ef86c12138 completed March 9, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:52 p.m.