Triple
T4943060
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clyde Tombaugh |
E110982
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Patricia Edson Tombaugh
Patricia Edson Tombaugh was an American educator and the wife of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, noted for her support of his astronomical work and preservation of his legacy.
|
E485179
|
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: Patricia Edson Tombaugh | Statement: [Clyde Tombaugh, spouse, Patricia Edson Tombaugh]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patricia Edson Tombaugh Context triple: [Clyde Tombaugh, spouse, Patricia Edson Tombaugh]
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A.
Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde Tombaugh was an American astronomer best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930.
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B.
Williamina Fleming
Williamina Fleming was a pioneering Scottish-American astronomer who made major contributions to stellar classification and the discovery of numerous astronomical objects while working at the Harvard College Observatory.
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C.
Margaret Bell Ervin
Margaret Bell Ervin was the wife of U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter during his long legal and political career.
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D.
Nancy Grace Roman
Nancy Grace Roman was an American astronomer known as the “Mother of Hubble” for her pioneering role in developing NASA’s space-based astronomy program and championing the Hubble Space Telescope.
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E.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
- 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: Patricia Edson Tombaugh Triple: [Clyde Tombaugh, spouse, Patricia Edson Tombaugh]
Generated description
Patricia Edson Tombaugh was an American educator and the wife of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, noted for her support of his astronomical work and preservation of his legacy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patricia Edson Tombaugh Target entity description: Patricia Edson Tombaugh was an American educator and the wife of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, noted for her support of his astronomical work and preservation of his legacy.
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A.
Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde Tombaugh was an American astronomer best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930.
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B.
Williamina Fleming
Williamina Fleming was a pioneering Scottish-American astronomer who made major contributions to stellar classification and the discovery of numerous astronomical objects while working at the Harvard College Observatory.
-
C.
Margaret Bell Ervin
Margaret Bell Ervin was the wife of U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter during his long legal and political career.
-
D.
Nancy Grace Roman
Nancy Grace Roman was an American astronomer known as the “Mother of Hubble” for her pioneering role in developing NASA’s space-based astronomy program and championing the Hubble Space Telescope.
-
E.
Henrietta Hill Swope
Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
- 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_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_69be89eefa5c8190871debbb8fe6dabe |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be8d2bae388190a52ef5ad3492f414 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be8da7d6748190b67ac98df84c7555 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.