Triple

T2874967
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sutherland E56855 entity
Predicate hasObservatory P105 FINISHED
Object Southern African Large Telescope
The Southern African Large Telescope is the largest single optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, used for cutting-edge astronomical research and observations.
E305787 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: Southern African Large Telescope | Statement: [Sutherland, hasObservatory, Southern African Large Telescope]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern African Large Telescope
Context triple: [Sutherland, hasObservatory, Southern African Large Telescope]
  • A. Simonyi Survey Telescope
    The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
  • B. Very Large Telescope
    The Very Large Telescope is a flagship array of four large optical telescopes operated by the European Southern Observatory, renowned for its cutting-edge astronomical observations and discoveries.
  • C. Giant Magellan Telescope
    The Giant Magellan Telescope is a next-generation, extremely large ground-based optical and infrared telescope designed to achieve unprecedented resolution for astronomical observations.
  • D. Thirty Meter Telescope
    The Thirty Meter Telescope is a planned next-generation ground-based optical and infrared observatory with a 30-meter primary mirror, designed to provide extremely high-resolution views of the universe from a mountaintop site.
  • E. 43 Meter Telescope
    The 43 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia used for astronomical and atmospheric research.
  • 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: Southern African Large Telescope
Triple: [Sutherland, hasObservatory, Southern African Large Telescope]
Generated description
The Southern African Large Telescope is the largest single optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, used for cutting-edge astronomical research and observations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern African Large Telescope
Target entity description: The Southern African Large Telescope is the largest single optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, used for cutting-edge astronomical research and observations.
  • A. Simonyi Survey Telescope
    The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
  • B. Very Large Telescope
    The Very Large Telescope is a flagship array of four large optical telescopes operated by the European Southern Observatory, renowned for its cutting-edge astronomical observations and discoveries.
  • C. Giant Magellan Telescope
    The Giant Magellan Telescope is a next-generation, extremely large ground-based optical and infrared telescope designed to achieve unprecedented resolution for astronomical observations.
  • D. Thirty Meter Telescope
    The Thirty Meter Telescope is a planned next-generation ground-based optical and infrared observatory with a 30-meter primary mirror, designed to provide extremely high-resolution views of the universe from a mountaintop site.
  • E. 43 Meter Telescope
    The 43 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia used for astronomical and atmospheric research.
  • 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_69ab4a4ced288190ab6d3e062d10f7f6 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe004a64481908f1897d9054a7368 completed March 7, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01db780908190919d859205464b2e completed March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0201470cc81909188573c3749dffb completed March 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b020aa00888190a683a621f1e1a107 completed March 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.