Triple

T4703376
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design E104328 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov
Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov was a Soviet optician and astronomer best known for inventing the Maksutov telescope, a compact catadioptric design widely used in amateur and professional astronomy.
 E462886 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: Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov | Statement: [Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design, namedAfter, Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov
Context triple: [Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design, namedAfter, Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov]
  • A. Vasily Struve
    Vasily Struve was a prominent Russian astronomer of the 19th century, renowned for his pioneering work in stellar astronomy and precise measurements of double stars.
  • B. Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich
    Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich was a prominent Soviet physicist and cosmologist known for his pioneering contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, and the theory of the early universe.
  • C. Eugene Izotov
    Eugene Izotov is a renowned classical oboist recognized as one of the leading orchestral and solo performers of his generation.
  • D. Otto Wilhelm von Struve
    Otto Wilhelm von Struve was a prominent 19th-century Russian-German astronomer known for his work on double stars and for directing the Pulkovo Observatory.
  • E. Sergey Vavilov
    Sergey Vavilov was a prominent Soviet physicist and academician, known for his work in physical optics and for serving as president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
  • 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: Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov
Triple: [Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope design, namedAfter, Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov]
Generated description
Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov was a Soviet optician and astronomer best known for inventing the Maksutov telescope, a compact catadioptric design widely used in amateur and professional astronomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov
Target entity description: Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov was a Soviet optician and astronomer best known for inventing the Maksutov telescope, a compact catadioptric design widely used in amateur and professional astronomy.
  • A. Vasily Struve
    Vasily Struve was a prominent Russian astronomer of the 19th century, renowned for his pioneering work in stellar astronomy and precise measurements of double stars.
  • B. Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich
    Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich was a prominent Soviet physicist and cosmologist known for his pioneering contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, and the theory of the early universe.
  • C. Eugene Izotov
    Eugene Izotov is a renowned classical oboist recognized as one of the leading orchestral and solo performers of his generation.
  • D. Otto Wilhelm von Struve
    Otto Wilhelm von Struve was a prominent 19th-century Russian-German astronomer known for his work on double stars and for directing the Pulkovo Observatory.
  • E. Sergey Vavilov
    Sergey Vavilov was a prominent Soviet physicist and academician, known for his work in physical optics and for serving as president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
  • 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_69bd43e9b88481908582103dcadff3d9 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd63d082088190b7fc61a487d7ef2f completed March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be03cd8cd4819081a7988b5945067f completed March 21, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be04c5549c819087204ac7e2e0e8ea completed March 21, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be05970dcc8190a86771d09f27d9f2 completed March 21, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.