Triple
T4618495
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | M32 |
E100923
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoveredBy |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Guillaume Le Gentil
Guillaume Le Gentil was an 18th-century French astronomer best known for his ill-fated expeditions to observe the transits of Venus.
|
E459104
|
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: Guillaume Le Gentil | Statement: [M32, discoveredBy, Guillaume Le Gentil]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guillaume Le Gentil Context triple: [M32, discoveredBy, Guillaume Le Gentil]
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A.
Jean de Lalande
Jean de Lalande was a 17th-century French Jesuit lay missionary and martyr who was killed by the Iroquois while serving in New France.
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B.
Jérôme Lalande
Jérôme Lalande was an 18th-century French astronomer known for his work in celestial mechanics, star catalogues, and popularizing astronomy.
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C.
Nicolas de Lacaille
Nicolas de Lacaille was an 18th-century French astronomer renowned for his extensive southern sky surveys and for introducing many of the modern constellations.
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D.
Georg de Lalande
Georg de Lalande was a German architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and governmental buildings in East Asia.
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E.
Étienne-Louis
Étienne-Louis is a French given name most famously borne by the visionary neoclassical architect Étienne-Louis Boullée.
- 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: Guillaume Le Gentil Triple: [M32, discoveredBy, Guillaume Le Gentil]
Generated description
Guillaume Le Gentil was an 18th-century French astronomer best known for his ill-fated expeditions to observe the transits of Venus.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guillaume Le Gentil Target entity description: Guillaume Le Gentil was an 18th-century French astronomer best known for his ill-fated expeditions to observe the transits of Venus.
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A.
Jean de Lalande
Jean de Lalande was a 17th-century French Jesuit lay missionary and martyr who was killed by the Iroquois while serving in New France.
-
B.
Jérôme Lalande
Jérôme Lalande was an 18th-century French astronomer known for his work in celestial mechanics, star catalogues, and popularizing astronomy.
-
C.
Nicolas de Lacaille
Nicolas de Lacaille was an 18th-century French astronomer renowned for his extensive southern sky surveys and for introducing many of the modern constellations.
-
D.
Georg de Lalande
Georg de Lalande was a German architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and governmental buildings in East Asia.
-
E.
Étienne-Louis
Étienne-Louis is a French given name most famously borne by the visionary neoclassical architect Étienne-Louis Boullée.
- 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_69bd43cf363c819087fd5ab441b4a3f4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd59e247448190ad92f194cb1127c5 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdfa916f4c8190a53bb37ff46ed0b5 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdfb5502c48190b7679941b83e6e0c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdff53680c8190a62aace0f0c9f3b3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:12 p.m.