Triple

T4531733
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Messier 20 E106312 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object M20
M20 is the Trifid Nebula, a bright and picturesque star-forming emission and reflection nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius.
 E450594 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: M20 | Statement: [Messier 20, alsoKnownAs, M20]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: M20
Context triple: [Messier 20, alsoKnownAs, M20]
  • A. M20
    M20 is a major motorway in South East England connecting London to the Channel Tunnel and the port of Dover.
  • B. M2
    M2 is a major British motorway that connects London with the port town of Dover in Kent, serving as an important route to the Channel ports.
  • C. M2
    M2 is the second line of the Warsaw Metro, running east–west across the city and connecting key districts on both sides of the Vistula River.
  • D. M2
    M2 was the original name of MTV2, a U.S. cable television channel that focused on music videos and youth-oriented programming.
  • E. M2
    M2 is one of the main lines of the Copenhagen Metro, connecting central Copenhagen with key districts and the airport.
  • 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: M20
Triple: [Messier 20, alsoKnownAs, M20]
Generated description
M20 is the Trifid Nebula, a bright and picturesque star-forming emission and reflection nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: M20
Target entity description: M20 is the Trifid Nebula, a bright and picturesque star-forming emission and reflection nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius.
  • A. M20
    M20 is a major motorway in South East England connecting London to the Channel Tunnel and the port of Dover.
  • B. M2
    M2 was the original name of MTV2, a U.S. cable television channel that focused on music videos and youth-oriented programming.
  • C. M2
    M2 is a major British motorway that connects London with the port town of Dover in Kent, serving as an important route to the Channel ports.
  • D. M2
    M2 is the second line of the Warsaw Metro, running east–west across the city and connecting key districts on both sides of the Vistula River.
  • E. M2
    M2 is one of the main lines of the Copenhagen Metro, connecting central Copenhagen with key districts and the airport.
  • 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_69bd579d7a88819083eb0620ca176f2e completed March 20, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdace3a81c8190963ea65fa3df23c0 completed March 20, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdad6a522c8190a490347d3fe623e8 completed March 20, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdadd612a48190b088fe6ac894dbb5 completed March 20, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.