Triple

T4943121
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lowell Observatory E110983 entity
Predicate operatedBy P86 FINISHED
Object Lowell Observatory Foundation
The Lowell Observatory Foundation is a nonprofit organization that manages and supports Lowell Observatory’s astronomical research, education, and public outreach activities.
E483238 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: Lowell Observatory Foundation | Statement: [Lowell Observatory, operatedBy, Lowell Observatory Foundation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lowell Observatory Foundation
Context triple: [Lowell Observatory, operatedBy, Lowell Observatory Foundation]
  • A. Lowell Observatory
    Lowell Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Flagstaff, Arizona, renowned for its role in major discoveries including the identification of Pluto.
  • B. Carnegie Observatories
    Carnegie Observatories is a major astronomical research institution known for operating world-class telescopes and conducting cutting-edge studies of the universe.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Lick Observatory
    Lick Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory located on Mount Hamilton in California, known for its pioneering research and large refracting telescope.
  • 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: Lowell Observatory Foundation
Triple: [Lowell Observatory, operatedBy, Lowell Observatory Foundation]
Generated description
The Lowell Observatory Foundation is a nonprofit organization that manages and supports Lowell Observatory’s astronomical research, education, and public outreach activities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lowell Observatory Foundation
Target entity description: The Lowell Observatory Foundation is a nonprofit organization that manages and supports Lowell Observatory’s astronomical research, education, and public outreach activities.
  • A. Lowell Observatory
    Lowell Observatory is a historic astronomical research institution in Flagstaff, Arizona, renowned for its role in major discoveries including the identification of Pluto.
  • B. Carnegie Observatories
    Carnegie Observatories is a major astronomical research institution known for operating world-class telescopes and conducting cutting-edge studies of the universe.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Lick Observatory
    Lick Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory located on Mount Hamilton in California, known for its pioneering research and large refracting telescope.
  • 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_69be81cc862081908b42686f04915238 completed March 21, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be82eb7da481909f589d096b9dfa7c completed March 21, 2026, 11:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be8349507481908643591de7f03f42 completed March 21, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.