Triple
T3253869
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Astronomer Royal |
E68251
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasTitleHolder |
P1911
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
|
E342406
|
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: John Flamsteed | Statement: [Astronomer Royal, hasTitleHolder, John Flamsteed]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Flamsteed Context triple: [Astronomer Royal, hasTitleHolder, John Flamsteed]
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A.
Edmund Halley
Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
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B.
Henry Savile
Henry Savile was an English scholar and classical translator best known for his role in the King James Bible translation and his work as Warden of Merton College, Oxford.
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C.
James Bradley
James Bradley was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for discovering the aberration of starlight and providing strong evidence for the Earth's motion around the Sun.
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D.
Sir George Airy
Sir George Airy was a 19th-century British astronomer and Astronomer Royal renowned for his influential work in celestial mechanics, geodesy, and timekeeping.
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E.
William Smyth
William Smyth was a prominent British historian and academic who became one of the leading figures in modern historical scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
- 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: John Flamsteed Triple: [Astronomer Royal, hasTitleHolder, John Flamsteed]
Generated description
John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Flamsteed Target entity description: John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
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A.
Edmund Halley
Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
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B.
Henry Savile
Henry Savile was an English scholar and classical translator best known for his role in the King James Bible translation and his work as Warden of Merton College, Oxford.
-
C.
James Bradley
James Bradley was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for discovering the aberration of starlight and providing strong evidence for the Earth's motion around the Sun.
-
D.
Sir George Airy
Sir George Airy was a 19th-century British astronomer and Astronomer Royal renowned for his influential work in celestial mechanics, geodesy, and timekeeping.
-
E.
William Smyth
William Smyth was a prominent British historian and academic who became one of the leading figures in modern historical scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
- 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_69ad858f74408190bcbd07f967cd7bd0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaf640fd8819083c3c0cc41db2ffc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b28ec9553881908ee96b8684934914 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b28f9e12488190b93355b783300264 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2c092063481909982dea3f71c00c1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.