Triple

T4635480
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NASA Infrared Telescope Facility E101518 entity
Predicate hasInstrument P35 FINISHED
Object SpeX spectrograph
The SpeX spectrograph is a near-infrared spectrograph and imager used for astronomical observations, particularly of planets, stars, and small bodies in the solar system.
E456714 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: SpeX spectrograph | Statement: [NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, hasInstrument, SpeX spectrograph]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SpeX spectrograph
Context triple: [NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, hasInstrument, SpeX spectrograph]
  • A. DEIMOS spectrograph
    The DEIMOS spectrograph is a powerful multi-object optical spectrograph designed for wide-field, high-resolution spectroscopy of faint astronomical sources.
  • B. Boller and Chivens spectrograph
    The Boller and Chivens spectrograph is an astronomical instrument designed for dispersing and analyzing light from celestial objects to study their physical and chemical properties.
  • C. OSIRIS spectrograph
    The OSIRIS spectrograph is a near-infrared integral field spectrograph and imager used on large telescopes to obtain detailed spatial and spectral information from astronomical objects.
  • D. Faint Object Spectrograph
    The Faint Object Spectrograph was an early-generation Hubble Space Telescope instrument designed to obtain detailed spectra of very dim astronomical objects across a wide range of wavelengths.
  • E. GNIRS (Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph)
    GNIRS (Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph) is a high-resolution near-infrared spectrograph used on the Gemini North telescope to study the composition, kinematics, and physical conditions of astronomical objects.
  • 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: SpeX spectrograph
Triple: [NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, hasInstrument, SpeX spectrograph]
Generated description
The SpeX spectrograph is a near-infrared spectrograph and imager used for astronomical observations, particularly of planets, stars, and small bodies in the solar system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SpeX spectrograph
Target entity description: The SpeX spectrograph is a near-infrared spectrograph and imager used for astronomical observations, particularly of planets, stars, and small bodies in the solar system.
  • A. DEIMOS spectrograph
    The DEIMOS spectrograph is a powerful multi-object optical spectrograph designed for wide-field, high-resolution spectroscopy of faint astronomical sources.
  • B. Boller and Chivens spectrograph
    The Boller and Chivens spectrograph is an astronomical instrument designed for dispersing and analyzing light from celestial objects to study their physical and chemical properties.
  • C. OSIRIS spectrograph
    The OSIRIS spectrograph is a near-infrared integral field spectrograph and imager used on large telescopes to obtain detailed spatial and spectral information from astronomical objects.
  • D. Faint Object Spectrograph
    The Faint Object Spectrograph was an early-generation Hubble Space Telescope instrument designed to obtain detailed spectra of very dim astronomical objects across a wide range of wavelengths.
  • E. GNIRS (Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph)
    GNIRS (Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph) is a high-resolution near-infrared spectrograph used on the Gemini North telescope to study the composition, kinematics, and physical conditions of astronomical objects.
  • 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_69bd43d2f1c081908cd4b7ec48ecc73d completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5a60a66c8190b76f3d3a7da1df55 completed March 20, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfac76734819083ef44d346f62b86 completed March 21, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb70b9d48190a32c5cc753c45aab completed March 21, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfc54e194819080b1eb5b9f0dfe9e completed March 21, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.