Triple

T4531645
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject M81 Group E106311 entity
Predicate containsGalaxy P57286 FINISHED
Object NGC 2976
NGC 2976 is a nearby dwarf spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major and a member of the M81 Group of galaxies.
E451662 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: NGC 2976 | Statement: [M81 Group, containsGalaxy, NGC 2976]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 2976
Context triple: [M81 Group, containsGalaxy, NGC 2976]
  • A. NGC 3372
    NGC 3372 is a massive, bright star-forming nebula in the Carina constellation, famous for housing the unstable supergiant star Eta Carinae and extensive regions of ionized gas and dust.
  • B. NGC 598
    NGC 598 is the Triangulum Galaxy, a nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group and one of the closest large galaxies to the Milky Way.
  • C. NGC 7319
    NGC 7319 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus, notable as a member of the interacting galaxy group known as Stephan's Quintet.
  • D. NGC 6205
    NGC 6205 is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, commonly known as the Great Hercules Cluster (M13).
  • E. NGC 7317
    NGC 7317 is an elliptical galaxy that forms part of Stephan's Quintet, a famous compact group of interacting galaxies in the constellation Pegasus.
  • 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: NGC 2976
Triple: [M81 Group, containsGalaxy, NGC 2976]
Generated description
NGC 2976 is a nearby dwarf spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major and a member of the M81 Group of galaxies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC 2976
Target entity description: NGC 2976 is a nearby dwarf spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major and a member of the M81 Group of galaxies.
  • A. NGC 3372
    NGC 3372 is a massive, bright star-forming nebula in the Carina constellation, famous for housing the unstable supergiant star Eta Carinae and extensive regions of ionized gas and dust.
  • B. NGC 598
    NGC 598 is the Triangulum Galaxy, a nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group and one of the closest large galaxies to the Milky Way.
  • C. NGC 7319
    NGC 7319 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus, notable as a member of the interacting galaxy group known as Stephan's Quintet.
  • D. NGC 6205
    NGC 6205 is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, commonly known as the Great Hercules Cluster (M13).
  • E. NGC 7317
    NGC 7317 is an elliptical galaxy that forms part of Stephan's Quintet, a famous compact group of interacting galaxies in the constellation Pegasus.
  • 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_69bd43f3d6e08190a91824f833d51bbe completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6231856c8190be9386a0ae15e7cf completed March 20, 2026, 3:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdb9130b3c8190b511fa8a6ac0549b completed March 20, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdbe9f0fec8190aa42177fcd1b0f51 completed March 20, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdbf59f97c8190a7669e6459c42f16 completed March 20, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.