Triple
T4943052
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clyde Tombaugh |
E110982
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lowell Observatory |
E110983
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Lowell Observatory | Statement: [Clyde Tombaugh, employer, Lowell Observatory]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lowell Observatory Context triple: [Clyde Tombaugh, employer, Lowell Observatory]
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A.
Lowell Observatory
chosen
Lowell Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Flagstaff, Arizona, renowned for its role in major discoveries including the identification of Pluto.
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B.
Kirkwood Observatory
Kirkwood Observatory is an astronomical observatory at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, known for its historic telescope and role in teaching and public outreach in astronomy.
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C.
Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory located on Mount Hamilton in California, known for its pioneering research and large refracting telescope.
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D.
Yerkes Observatory
Yerkes Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Wisconsin renowned for housing one of the world’s largest refracting telescopes and for its influential role in 20th-century astrophysical research.
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E.
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is a major astronomical research facility in Arizona known for its optical and gamma-ray telescopes used to study the universe.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd441721cc819085c7e33fe0876818 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd70a7650c8190b046b65072fd8eae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be77c421288190bcc2d9bfdfff7198 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.