Triple

T4637458
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design E101567 entity
Predicate usesCorrectorType P57889 FINISHED
Object Schmidt corrector plate
A Schmidt corrector plate is a specially shaped aspheric lens used at the entrance of Schmidt-type telescopes to correct spherical aberration and produce a wide, well-corrected field of view.
E458952 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Schmidt corrector plate | Statement: [Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design, usesCorrectorType, Schmidt corrector plate]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schmidt corrector plate
Context triple: [Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design, usesCorrectorType, Schmidt corrector plate]
  • A. Schmidt telescope
    A Schmidt telescope is a wide-field reflecting telescope design that uses a spherical primary mirror and a correcting lens to capture sharp images over a large area of the sky.
  • B. Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
    A Ritchey–Chrétien reflector is a specialized type of reflecting telescope that uses hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors to produce a wide, coma-free field of view ideal for professional astronomical imaging.
  • C. Barlow lenses
    Barlow lenses are optical accessories used in telescopes to effectively increase focal length and magnification by diverging the light path before it reaches the eyepiece.
  • D. Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design
    The Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design is a compact catadioptric optical system that combines a spherical primary mirror with a Schmidt corrector plate to provide long focal lengths in a short, portable tube widely used in amateur and professional astronomy.
  • E. Cassegrain focus
    Cassegrain focus is a telescope optical configuration in which light is reflected by a secondary mirror back through a hole in the primary mirror to form a compact, accessible focal point behind the primary.
  • 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: Schmidt corrector plate
Triple: [Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design, usesCorrectorType, Schmidt corrector plate]
Generated description
A Schmidt corrector plate is a specially shaped aspheric lens used at the entrance of Schmidt-type telescopes to correct spherical aberration and produce a wide, well-corrected field of view.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Schmidt corrector plate
Target entity description: A Schmidt corrector plate is a specially shaped aspheric lens used at the entrance of Schmidt-type telescopes to correct spherical aberration and produce a wide, well-corrected field of view.
  • A. Schmidt telescope
    A Schmidt telescope is a wide-field reflecting telescope design that uses a spherical primary mirror and a correcting lens to capture sharp images over a large area of the sky.
  • B. Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
    A Ritchey–Chrétien reflector is a specialized type of reflecting telescope that uses hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors to produce a wide, coma-free field of view ideal for professional astronomical imaging.
  • C. Barlow lenses
    Barlow lenses are optical accessories used in telescopes to effectively increase focal length and magnification by diverging the light path before it reaches the eyepiece.
  • D. Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design
    The Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design is a compact catadioptric optical system that combines a spherical primary mirror with a Schmidt corrector plate to provide long focal lengths in a short, portable tube widely used in amateur and professional astronomy.
  • E. Cassegrain focus
    Cassegrain focus is a telescope optical configuration in which light is reflected by a secondary mirror back through a hole in the primary mirror to form a compact, accessible focal point behind the primary.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usesCorrectorType
Context triple: [Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design, usesCorrectorType, Schmidt corrector plate]
  • A. correlatorType
    Indicates the specific kind or category of correlator used to establish or analyze a correlation between entities or signals.
  • B. derivationType
    Indicates the specific manner or process by which one entity is derived or obtained from another.
  • C. invariantType
    Indicates that one entity has a type or classification that remains constant or unchanged under specified conditions or transformations.
  • D. oreType
    Indicates the specific kind or classification of ore associated with an entity.
  • E. doctrineType
    Indicates that one entity is a classification or kind of doctrinal position, teaching, or belief system to which the other entity belongs or pertains.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69bd5a62a9e48190b0cf1cbcc51f00c0 completed March 20, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfacba5fc8190bc86157ee5719ced completed March 21, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfed8a8b48190bcb98e2ff1886b65 completed March 21, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdff9ff3748190af5e5a6d91976abc completed March 21, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd5233cb5081908807e2b150f0ca06 completed March 20, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69bd56f7b94481909f3335312becd446 completed March 20, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.