Triple

T4648496
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Messier catalogue E102231 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Messier 87
Messier 87 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, notable for its supermassive black hole and powerful relativistic jet.
E457106 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: Messier 87 | Statement: [Messier catalogue, contains, Messier 87]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Messier 87
Context triple: [Messier catalogue, contains, Messier 87]
  • A. Messier 81
    Messier 81 is a prominent, nearby grand-design spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, notable for its brightness and well-defined structure.
  • B. Paisley Galaxy
    Paisley Galaxy is a popular Cantopop song by Hong Kong singer Kelly Chan.
  • C. Messier 82
    Messier 82, also known as the Cigar Galaxy, is a nearby starburst galaxy in Ursa Major undergoing intense star formation and strong galactic winds.
  • D. Baade X
    Baade X is a minor lunar impact crater located near the larger crater Baade on the Moon’s far side.
  • E. Messier 8
    Messier 8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula, is a large, bright emission nebula and active star-forming region visible in the constellation Sagittarius.
  • 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: Messier 87
Triple: [Messier catalogue, contains, Messier 87]
Generated description
Messier 87 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, notable for its supermassive black hole and powerful relativistic jet.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Messier 87
Target entity description: Messier 87 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, notable for its supermassive black hole and powerful relativistic jet.
  • A. Messier 81
    Messier 81 is a prominent, nearby grand-design spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, notable for its brightness and well-defined structure.
  • B. Paisley Galaxy
    Paisley Galaxy is a popular Cantopop song by Hong Kong singer Kelly Chan.
  • C. Messier 82
    Messier 82, also known as the Cigar Galaxy, is a nearby starburst galaxy in Ursa Major undergoing intense star formation and strong galactic winds.
  • D. Baade X
    Baade X is a minor lunar impact crater located near the larger crater Baade on the Moon’s far side.
  • E. Messier 8
    Messier 8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula, is a large, bright emission nebula and active star-forming region visible in the constellation Sagittarius.
  • 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_69bd43d71a308190afea7280841b0de8 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd62feeb6c8190a7807c37e9a6fa00 completed March 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfae3d8f4819082ec002bc4d9819d completed March 21, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfba6f8e08190ad6c802ec1cb5ce2 completed March 21, 2026, 2 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfc6ac91c819090776365d3dc05d4 completed March 21, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:14 p.m.