Triple

T2977068
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite E80422 entity
Predicate principalInvestigator P2805 FINISHED
Object George R. Ricker
George R. Ricker is an American astrophysicist known for leading major space-based exoplanet-hunting missions, including serving as principal investigator of NASA’s TESS project.
 E458135 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: George R. Ricker | Statement: [Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, principalInvestigator, George R. Ricker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George R. Ricker
Context triple: [Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, principalInvestigator, George R. Ricker]
  • A. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • B. Philip J. Suess
    Philip J. Suess is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Wheaton, Illinois.
  • C. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • D. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • E. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • 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: George R. Ricker
Triple: [Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, principalInvestigator, George R. Ricker]
Generated description
George R. Ricker is an American astrophysicist known for leading major space-based exoplanet-hunting missions, including serving as principal investigator of NASA’s TESS project.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George R. Ricker
Target entity description: George R. Ricker is an American astrophysicist known for leading major space-based exoplanet-hunting missions, including serving as principal investigator of NASA’s TESS project.
  • A. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • B. Philip J. Suess
    Philip J. Suess is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Wheaton, Illinois.
  • C. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • D. R. Bruce Lindsay
    R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
  • E. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • 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_69ad8b15f6ac8190be5fd16a33edcb4f completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad998c589c8190b4530f3fb8975187 completed March 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdf9e0af508190adbd16c718d996e2 completed March 21, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb36a18481908bb566db970b101a completed March 21, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfbc9bea48190a8a0bf13c6fa7191 completed March 21, 2026, 2 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.