Triple

T2962669
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive E80083 entity
Predicate missionArchiveFor P35324 FINISHED
Object Palomar Transient Factory
The Palomar Transient Factory is an astronomical survey project that used the Palomar Observatory to systematically search the night sky for transient and variable phenomena such as supernovae and other short-lived cosmic events.
E316800 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: Palomar Transient Factory | Statement: [NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive, missionArchiveFor, Palomar Transient Factory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palomar Transient Factory
Context triple: [NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive, missionArchiveFor, Palomar Transient Factory]
  • A. Zwicky Transient Facility
    Zwicky Transient Facility is an astronomical sky survey project that uses a wide-field camera on the Palomar 48-inch telescope to detect and study transient and variable objects across the night sky.
  • B. VISTA telescope
    The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
  • C. Vera C. Rubin Observatory
    The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a next-generation astronomical facility in Chile designed to conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, producing an unprecedented, deep, wide, and fast imaging survey of the night sky.
  • D. Advanced Camera for Surveys
    The Advanced Camera for Surveys is a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to capture detailed observations of distant galaxies, galaxy clusters, and other faint astronomical objects.
  • E. Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
    The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
  • 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: Palomar Transient Factory
Triple: [NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive, missionArchiveFor, Palomar Transient Factory]
Generated description
The Palomar Transient Factory is an astronomical survey project that used the Palomar Observatory to systematically search the night sky for transient and variable phenomena such as supernovae and other short-lived cosmic events.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palomar Transient Factory
Target entity description: The Palomar Transient Factory is an astronomical survey project that used the Palomar Observatory to systematically search the night sky for transient and variable phenomena such as supernovae and other short-lived cosmic events.
  • A. Zwicky Transient Facility
    Zwicky Transient Facility is an astronomical sky survey project that uses a wide-field camera on the Palomar 48-inch telescope to detect and study transient and variable objects across the night sky.
  • B. VISTA telescope
    The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
  • C. Vera C. Rubin Observatory
    The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a next-generation astronomical facility in Chile designed to conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, producing an unprecedented, deep, wide, and fast imaging survey of the night sky.
  • D. Advanced Camera for Surveys
    The Advanced Camera for Surveys is a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to capture detailed observations of distant galaxies, galaxy clusters, and other faint astronomical objects.
  • E. Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
    The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
  • 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_69ad8b1341848190bd19dbf46892887d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9e0fec048190bdd70c60ec5c92cd completed March 8, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b108de7e3c81908b1fee310515e4c1 completed March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b10cae699481908b4cca2c7e66616c completed March 11, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10d22bbd48190b9878b4b0421c004 completed March 11, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.