Triple

T3098390
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Taygete E64655 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object Scott S. Sheppard
Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
E328235 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: Scott S. Sheppard | Statement: [Taygete, discoveredBy, Scott S. Sheppard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scott S. Sheppard
Context triple: [Taygete, discoveredBy, Scott S. Sheppard]
  • A. Chad Trujillo
    Chad Trujillo is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of distant trans-Neptunian objects, including the dwarf planet Eris.
  • B. Michael E. Brown
    Michael E. Brown is an American astronomer known for his discoveries of distant trans-Neptunian objects that reshaped the definition of planets in our solar system.
  • C. Greg Laughlin
    Greg Laughlin is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the 1990s, notably switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party during his tenure.
  • D. Steven Weisberg
    Steven Weisberg was an American film editor known for his work on major studio features including Alfonso Cuarón’s films such as A Little Princess and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
  • E. David Vonderhaar
    David Vonderhaar is a video game designer best known as a leading multiplayer and design director on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.
  • 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: Scott S. Sheppard
Triple: [Taygete, discoveredBy, Scott S. Sheppard]
Generated description
Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scott S. Sheppard
Target entity description: Scott S. Sheppard is an American astronomer known for discovering numerous small moons of the outer planets and distant objects in the Solar System.
  • A. Chad Trujillo
    Chad Trujillo is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of distant trans-Neptunian objects, including the dwarf planet Eris.
  • B. Michael E. Brown
    Michael E. Brown is an American astronomer known for his discoveries of distant trans-Neptunian objects that reshaped the definition of planets in our solar system.
  • C. Greg Laughlin
    Greg Laughlin is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the 1990s, notably switching from the Democratic to the Republican Party during his tenure.
  • D. Steven Weisberg
    Steven Weisberg was an American film editor known for his work on major studio features including Alfonso Cuarón’s films such as A Little Princess and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
  • E. David Vonderhaar
    David Vonderhaar is a video game designer best known as a leading multiplayer and design director on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.
  • 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_69ad857dc98481909e585dc3372e3ed5 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada23dde988190a1aca020685594f3 completed March 8, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b20378a1488190bd0fa7d3f4639220 completed March 12, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2051868048190b197646d452df8e9 completed March 12, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2094564e881909274bb34be922166 completed March 12, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.