Triple

T3631136
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kepler space telescope E76957 entity
Predicate telescopeType P2518 FINISHED
Object Schmidt telescope
A Schmidt telescope is a wide-field reflecting telescope design that uses a spherical primary mirror and a correcting lens to capture sharp images over a large area of the sky.
E375985 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: Schmidt telescope | Statement: [Kepler space telescope, telescopeType, Schmidt telescope]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schmidt telescope
Context triple: [Kepler space telescope, telescopeType, Schmidt telescope]
  • A. Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
    A Ritchey–Chrétien reflector is a specialized type of reflecting telescope that uses hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors to produce a wide, coma-free field of view ideal for professional astronomical imaging.
  • B. Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design
    The Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design is a compact catadioptric optical system that combines a spherical primary mirror with a Schmidt corrector plate to provide long focal lengths in a short, portable tube widely used in amateur and professional astronomy.
  • C. Curtis Schmidt Telescope
    The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
  • D. Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design
    The Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design is a compact catadioptric optical system that uses a spherical primary mirror and a meniscus corrector lens to provide long focal lengths with well-corrected, high-contrast images in a relatively short tube.
  • E. 20 Meter Telescope
    The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
  • 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: Schmidt telescope
Triple: [Kepler space telescope, telescopeType, Schmidt telescope]
Generated description
A Schmidt telescope is a wide-field reflecting telescope design that uses a spherical primary mirror and a correcting lens to capture sharp images over a large area of the sky.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schmidt telescope
Target entity description: A Schmidt telescope is a wide-field reflecting telescope design that uses a spherical primary mirror and a correcting lens to capture sharp images over a large area of the sky.
  • A. Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
    A Ritchey–Chrétien reflector is a specialized type of reflecting telescope that uses hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors to produce a wide, coma-free field of view ideal for professional astronomical imaging.
  • B. Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design
    The Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design is a compact catadioptric optical system that combines a spherical primary mirror with a Schmidt corrector plate to provide long focal lengths in a short, portable tube widely used in amateur and professional astronomy.
  • C. Curtis Schmidt Telescope
    The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
  • D. Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design
    The Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design is a compact catadioptric optical system that uses a spherical primary mirror and a meniscus corrector lens to provide long focal lengths with well-corrected, high-contrast images in a relatively short tube.
  • E. 20 Meter Telescope
    The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
  • 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_69ad85dc03948190b35b7189e4175bcc completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc30136e88190922bb542971b5239 completed March 8, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b44f16ba748190a2059804305e55ab completed March 13, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b450785378819090b4ed7536db7757 completed March 13, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b45a0afef8819097c6e87127b4d1db completed March 13, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.