Triple

T4635482
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NASA Infrared Telescope Facility E101518 entity
Predicate hasInstrument P35 FINISHED
Object NSFCAM2 infrared camera
The NSFCAM2 infrared camera is a high-sensitivity imaging instrument used at NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility to capture detailed observations of astronomical objects in the infrared spectrum.
E456715 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: NSFCAM2 infrared camera | Statement: [NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, hasInstrument, NSFCAM2 infrared camera]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSFCAM2 infrared camera
Context triple: [NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, hasInstrument, NSFCAM2 infrared camera]
  • A. NIRC2 camera
    The NIRC2 camera is a near-infrared imaging instrument used with adaptive optics on the Keck II telescope to obtain high-resolution astronomical observations.
  • B. WISE infrared camera
    The WISE infrared camera is the primary imaging instrument on NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, designed to survey the entire sky in infrared wavelengths for objects such as asteroids, stars, and distant galaxies.
  • C. Thermal Infrared Sensor
    The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) is a Landsat 8 instrument that measures Earth’s thermal radiation to monitor surface temperature and support applications such as water management and climate studies.
  • D. MegaCam
    MegaCam is a wide-field optical imaging camera used for deep-sky astronomical surveys on the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope.
  • E. Infrared Array Camera
    The Infrared Array Camera is a highly sensitive four-channel infrared imaging instrument that captured detailed views of celestial objects for NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
  • 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: NSFCAM2 infrared camera
Triple: [NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, hasInstrument, NSFCAM2 infrared camera]
Generated description
The NSFCAM2 infrared camera is a high-sensitivity imaging instrument used at NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility to capture detailed observations of astronomical objects in the infrared spectrum.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSFCAM2 infrared camera
Target entity description: The NSFCAM2 infrared camera is a high-sensitivity imaging instrument used at NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility to capture detailed observations of astronomical objects in the infrared spectrum.
  • A. NIRC2 camera
    The NIRC2 camera is a near-infrared imaging instrument used with adaptive optics on the Keck II telescope to obtain high-resolution astronomical observations.
  • B. WISE infrared camera
    The WISE infrared camera is the primary imaging instrument on NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, designed to survey the entire sky in infrared wavelengths for objects such as asteroids, stars, and distant galaxies.
  • C. Thermal Infrared Sensor
    The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) is a Landsat 8 instrument that measures Earth’s thermal radiation to monitor surface temperature and support applications such as water management and climate studies.
  • D. MegaCam
    MegaCam is a wide-field optical imaging camera used for deep-sky astronomical surveys on the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope.
  • E. Infrared Array Camera
    The Infrared Array Camera is a highly sensitive four-channel infrared imaging instrument that captured detailed views of celestial objects for NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
  • 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.